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Lophocetus repenningi

Mammalia - Cetacea - Lophocetidae

Taxonomy
Lophocetus repenningi was named by Barnes (1978). Its type specimen is USNM 23886 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Stanford Locality (USGS M1217), which is in a Tortonian marine sandstone in the Santa Margarita Formation of California.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1978Lophocetus repenningi Barnes p. 12 figs. 4-13, 17b
1985Lophocetus repenningi Barnes p. 25
1995Lophocetus repenningi Ichishima et al. p. 487
1996Lophocetus repenningi Dawson p. 132
2008Lophocetus repenningi Uhen et al. p. 589
2018Lophocetus repenningi Peredo et al. p. 16 figs. Figure 10

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
RankNameAuthor
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Artiodactylamorpha
—Artiodactyla()
—Whippomorpha
orderCetacea
—Pelagiceti
—Neoceti
suborderOdontoceti
infraorderDelphinida
superfamilyKentriodontoideaSlijper 1936
familyLophocetidaeBarnes 1978
genusLophocetus
speciesrepenningi

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Lophocetus repenningi Barnes 1978
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatitesubo
Form: roller-shapedo
Ontogeny: modification of partso
Environment: marine, freshwatersubo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: aquatico
Depth habitat: surfaceo
Diet: carnivoresubo
Reproduction: viviparoussubo
Created: 2005-03-06 14:21:39
Modified: 2005-09-22 15:42:08
Source: subo = suborder, o = order
Reference: Uhen 2004

Age range: Tortonian or 11.63000 to 7.24600 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246USA (California) Lophocetus repenningi (type locality: 46071)