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Plesiocetopsis hupschii

Mammalia - Cetacea - Tranatocetidae

Taxonomy
Plesiocetus hupschii was named by Van Beneden (1859) [Steeman (2010) notes that Winge (1909) designated the type to be a specimen described by Van Beneden & Gervais (1880) pl. 16, fig. 17.]. It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Anvers, which is in a Miocene/Pliocene marine horizon in Belgium.

It was recombined as Cetotherium (Plesiocetopsis) hupschii by Brandt (1873); it was recombined as Heterocetus hupschii by Vanden Broeck (1874), Abel (1901); it was recombined as Cetotherium hupschi by Lydekker (1887); it was recombined as Cetotherium (Plesiocetus) hupschi by Newton (1891); it was recombined as Plesiocetopsis hupschii by Steeman (2010), Gol'din and Steeman (2015), Bisconti and Bosselaers (2021).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1859Plesiocetus hupschii Van Beneden p. 140 figs. Plate 16, Fig. 17-22, Plate 17, Fig. 1-3
1873Cetotherium (Plesiocetopsis) hupschii Brandt p. 144
1874Heterocetus hupschii Vanden Broeck p. 198
1880Plesiocetus hupschii Van Beneden p. 19
1885Plesiocetus hupschii Van Beneden p. 29
1887Cetotherium hupschi Lydekker p. 45
1891Cetotherium (Plesiocetus) hupschi Newton p. 64
1898Plesiocetus hupschii Trouessart p. 1073
1901Heterocetus hupschii Abel p. 42
1904Plesiocetus hupschi Trouessart p. 780
1925Plesiocetus hupschii Kellogg p. 51
1931Plesiocetus hupschii Kellogg p. 314
1978Plesiocetus hupschii Roth
2008Plesiocetus hupschii Uhen et al. p. 621
2010Plesiocetopsis hupschii Steeman p. 72
2015Plesiocetopsis hupschii Gol'din and Steeman p. 6
2021Plesiocetopsis hupschii Bisconti and Bosselaers p. 267

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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()
—Plicogulae
familyTranatocetidae
genusPlesiocetopsis()
specieshupschii()

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.

†Plesiocetopsis hupschii Van Beneden 1859
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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 Tortonian or 13.82000 to 7.24600 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Langhian - Serravallian15.98 - 11.63Belgium Plesiocetus hupschii (59123)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63Netherlands Plesiocetus hupschi (75152)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Belgium (Antwerpen) Plesiocetus hupschi (66960) Plesiocetus hupschii (204940)