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Xiphiacetus bossi
Taxonomy
Eurhinodelphis bossi was named by Kellogg (1925). Its type specimen is USNM 8842, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Chesapeake Beach, south of, Zones 3-6, which is in a Burdigalian offshore siltstone in the Calvert Formation of Maryland.
It was recombined as Xiphiacetus bossi by Lambert (2005), Geisler et al. (2011), Bianucci and Varola (2014), Godfrey and Lambert (2023).
It was recombined as Xiphiacetus bossi by Lambert (2005), Geisler et al. (2011), Bianucci and Varola (2014), Godfrey and Lambert (2023).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1872 | Priscodelphinus productus Du Bus p. 492 |
| 1874 | Priscodelphinus productus Vanden Broeck p. 146 |
| 1880 | Priscodelphinus productus Van Beneden and Gervais p. 494 |
| 1898 | Priscodelphinus productus Trouessart p. 1023 |
| 1901 | Priscodelphinus productus Abel p. 42 |
| 1925 | Eurhinodelphis bossi Kellogg p. 8 figs. Plates 1-17 |
| 1930 | Eurhinodelphis bossi Hay p. 592 |
| 1979 | Eurhinodelphis vaughni Myrick p. 222 figs. Plates 56-64 |
| 1979 | Eurhinodelphis morrisi Myrick p. 270 figs. Plate 68 |
| 1994 | Eurhinodelphis bossi Gottfried et al. p. 233 |
| 2005 | Xiphiacetus bossi Lambert p. 212 |
| 2005 | Eurhinodelphis bossi Lambert p. 654 |
| 2011 | Xiphiacetus bossi Geisler et al. p. 5 figs. Table 1 |
| 2014 | Xiphiacetus bossi Bianucci and Varola p. 118 |
| 2023 | Xiphiacetus bossi Godfrey and Lambert p. 99 |
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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.
†Xiphiacetus bossi Kellogg 1925
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Invalid names: Eurhinodelphis morrisi Myrick 1979 [synonym], Eurhinodelphis vaughni Myrick 1979 [synonym], Priscodelphinus productus Du Bus 1872 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Serravallian or 20.45000 to 11.63000 Ma
Collections (22 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Burdigalian | USA (Maryland) | Eurhinodelphis bossi (type locality: 45493) Xiphiacetus bossi (45511 71810) | |
| Burdigalian - Langhian | Belgium | Xiphiacetus bossi (114830) | |
| Burdigalian - Langhian | USA (Maryland) | Xiphiacetus bossi (231819 231820) | |
| Burdigalian - Messinian | Italy (Apulia) | Xiphiacetus bossi (48657) | |
| Langhian | USA (Maryland) | Eurhinodelphis bossi (45498 45509 71615) Eurhinodelphis bossi, Eurhinodelphis vaughni (48884) Eurhinodelphis vaughni (45506) Xiphiacetus bossi (70818 70819 168458) | |
| Langhian | USA (Virginia) | Eurhinodelphis bossi (71799) Eurhinodelphis morrisi (57785) Xiphiacetus bossi (79793) | |
| Langhian - Serravallian | USA (Maryland) | Xiphiacetus bossi (231780) | |
| Langhian - Serravallian | Belgium (Antwerpen) | Priscodelphinus productus (51680) | |
| Serravallian | USA (Virginia) | Eurhinodelphis bossi, Eurhinodelphis vaughni (71801) Xiphiacetus bossi (187324) |