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Mycteriacetus bellunensis

Mammalia - Cetacea - Eurhinodelphinidae

Taxonomy
Eurhinodelphis bellunensis was named by Pilleri (1985). Its type specimen is Geological Institute, University of Padua 26404 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Libano, which is in an Aquitanian marine sandstone in the Libano Sandstone Formation of Italy. It is the type species of Mycteriacetus.

It was recombined as Argyrocetus bellunensis by Bianucci and Landini (2002); it was recombined as Mycteriacetus bellunensis by Lambert (2004).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1985Eurhinodelphis bellunensis Pilleri p. 43 figs. Fig. 26D
2002Argyrocetus bellunensis Bianucci and Landini p. 21 figs. Table 1
2004Mycteriacetus bellunensis Lambert p. 157
2005Eurhinodelphis bellunensis Lambert p. 654
2014Mycteracetus bellunensis Fornasiero and Del Vavero p. 67

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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
familyEurhinodelphinidae()
genusMycteriacetus
speciesbellunensis()

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.

Mycteriacetus bellunensis Pilleri 1985
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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: Aquitanian or 23.04000 to 20.45000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aquitanian23.04 - 20.45Italy Eurhinodelphis bellunensis (type locality: 47623)