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Orycterocetus crocodilinus

Mammalia - Cetacea - Physeteridae

Taxonomy
Orycterocetus crocodilinus was named by Cope (1867) [The type specimen of this taxon is a single tooth.]. Its type specimen is ANSP 9126, a tooth, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Wakefield, west, Zone 12-13, which is in a Langhian estuary/bay claystone in the Calvert Formation of Virginia.

It was synonymized subjectively with Orycterocetus cornutidens by Leidy (1869), Hay (1902).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1867Orycterocetus crocodilinus Cope p. 144
1942Orycterocetus crocodilinus Kellogg p. 448
1965Orycterocetus crocodilinus Kellogg p. 48
1969Gargantuodon ligerensis Ginsburg p. 995 figs. Fig. 1
1994Orycterocetus crocodilinus Gottfried et al. p. 233
2002Orycterocetus crocodilinus Kazár p. 163
2008Orycterocetus crocodilinus Lambert p. 291
2008Orycterocetus crocodilinus Uhen et al. p. 576
2015Orycterocetus crocodilinus Velez-Juarbe et al. p. 15 figs. Fig. 10
2017Orycterocetus crocodilinus Hastings and Dooley p. 83
2023Orycterocetus crocodilinus Godfrey and Lambert p. 63

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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
familyPhyseteridae
genusOrycterocetus
speciescrocodilinus

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.

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Invalid names: Gargantuodon ligerensis Ginsburg 1969 [synonym]
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: piscivoref
Diet 2: carnivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubo
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-06-08 12:11:09
Source: f = family, subo = suborder, o = order
References: Nowak 1991, Uhen 2004

Age range: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Serravallian or 20.45000 to 11.63000 Ma

Collections (20 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Miocene23.04 - 5.333France Orycterocetus crocodilinus (148403 148404 148405)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98USA (Maryland) Orycterocetus crocodilinus (70593)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.45 - 13.82USA (Maryland) Orycterocetus crocodilinus (18518)
Burdigalian - Tortonian20.45 - 7.246France Orycterocetus crocodilinus (187577)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82France (Maine-et-Loire) Gargantuodon ligerensis (148396)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82USA (Maryland) Orycterocetus crocodilinus (45506 48884 55517 70827 71634)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82USA (Virginia) Orycterocetus crocodilinus (type locality: 71799 79793)
Langhian - Serravallian15.98 - 11.63Belgium (Nijlen) Orycterocetus crocodilinus (53679)
Langhian - Tortonian15.98 - 7.246France (Maine-et-Loire) Orycterocetus crocodilinus (142149)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63USA (Virginia) Orycterocetus crocodilinus (57700)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63USA (Maryland) Orycterocetus crocodilinus (49945 55396 60376)