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Herpetocetus scaldiensis

Mammalia - Cetacea

Taxonomy
Herpetocetus scaldiensis was named by Van Beneden (1872) [no type specimen listed in Van Beneden (1872); lectotype after Steeman (2010)]. Its type specimen is lectotype IRScNB CtM 379 a-b/Reg 14, a partial skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Deurne (Fort 1), Deurne Sand, which is in a Tortonian lagoonal sandstone in the Diest Formation of Belgium.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1872Herpetocetus scaldiensis Van Beneden p. 20
1874Herpetocetus scaldiensis Vanden Broeck p. 146
1887Herpetocetus scaldiensis Lydekker p. 47
1891Herpetocetus scaldiensis Newton p. 64
1898Herpetocetus scaldiensis Trouessart p. 1076
1904Herpetocetus scaldiensis Trouessart p. 782
1938Herpetocetus scaldiensis Abel p. 5
2006Herpetocetus scaldiensis Bouetel and Muizon p. 384
2008Herpetocetus scaldiensis Uhen et al. p. 612
2008Herpetocetus scaldiensis Whitmore and Barnes p. 146
2010Herpetocetus scaldiensis Steeman p. 74
2013Herpetocetus scaldiensis Bisconti et al. p. 121
2018Herpetocetus scaldiensis Tanaka et al. p. 302 figs. Table 2

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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
suborderMysticeti
—Chaeomysticeti()
subfamilyCetotheriidae()
subfamilyHerpetocetinae
genusHerpetocetus
speciesscaldiensis

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.

†Herpetocetus scaldiensis Van Beneden 1872
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatitesubo
Form: roller-shapedo
Ontogeny: modification of partso
Environment: marinesubo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: aquaticsubo
Depth habitat: surfaceo
Diet: carnivoresubo
Diet 2: suspension feedersubo
Reproduction: viviparouso
Created: 2005-03-06 14:20:41
Modified: 2005-03-06 16:34:40
Source: subo = suborder, o = order
Reference: Uhen 2004

Age range: base of the Serravallian to the top of the Gelasian or 13.82000 to 1.80000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63Netherlands Herpetocetus scaldiensis (75152)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Belgium (Antwerpen) Herpetocetus scaldiensis (type locality: 66960)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Belgium (Turnhout) Herpetocetus scaldiensis (77492)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Belgium (Beveren) Herpetocetus scaldiensis (57912)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Belgium Herpetocetus scaldiensis (77496)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Belgium Herpetocetus scaldiensis (49404)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Belgium (Oost-Vlaanderen) Herpetocetus scaldiensis (57138)
Zanclean - Piacenzian5.333 - 2.58Belgium (Zedelgem) Herpetocetus scaldiensis (67027)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8United Kingdom (England) Herpetocetus scaldiensis (48093)