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Hoplocetus borgerhoutensis

Mammalia - Cetacea

Taxonomy
Hoplocetus borgerhoutensis was named by Du Bus (1872). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Borgerhout, Miocene, which is in a Tortonian/Messinian marine sandstone in the Sables d'Anvers Formation of Belgium.

It was synonymized subjectively with Scaldicetus caretti by Abel (1905).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1872Hoplocetus borgerhoutensis Du Bus
1874Hoplocetus borgerhoutensis Vanden Broeck p. 146
1880Hoplocetus borgerhoutensis Van Beneden and Gervais p. 341
1887Hoplocetus borgerhoutensis Lydekker p. 61
1891Hoplocetus borgerhoutensis Newton p. 68
1898Hoplocetus borgerhoutensis Trouessart p. 1054
1904Hoplocetus borgerhoutensis Trouessart p. 773
2006Hoplocetus borgerhoutensis Hampe p. 65

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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
genusHoplocetus
speciesborgerhoutensis

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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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 Tortonian to the top of the Gelasian or 11.63000 to 1.80000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tortonian - Messinian11.63 - 5.333Belgium (Antwerpen) Hoplocetus borgerhoutensis (type locality: 67022)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8United Kingdom (England) Hoplocetus borgerhoutensis (48093)