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Preaulophyseter gualichensis

Mammalia - Cetacea

Taxonomy
Preaulophyseter gualichensis was named by Caviglia and Jorge (1980). Its type specimen is MLP 76-IX-5-1 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Puesto Echavez, which is in an Oligocene/Miocene marine horizon in the Gran Bajo del Gualicho Formation of Argentina.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1980Preaulophyseter gualichensis Caviglia and Jorge p. 364 figs. Plates 1-2
2002Preaulophyseter gualichensis Kazár p. 163
2011Preaulophyseter gualichensis Perez et al. p. 648

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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
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Artiodactylamorpha
—Artiodactyla()
—Whippomorpha
orderCetacea
—Pelagiceti
—Neoceti
suborderOdontoceti
superfamilyPhyseteroidea
genusPreaulophyseter
speciesgualichensis

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.

†Preaulophyseter gualichensis Caviglia and Jorge 1980
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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: base of the Late/Upper Oligocene to the top of the Late/Upper Miocene or 27.30000 to 5.33300 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Oligocene - Late/Upper Miocene27.3 - 5.333Argentina (Rio Negro) Preaulophyseter gualichensis (type locality: 46898)