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Janjucetus hunderi

Mammalia - Cetacea - Mammalodontidae

Taxonomy
Janjucetus hunderi was named by Fitzgerald (2006). Its type specimen is NMV P216929, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Rocky Point, which is in a Chattian shallow subtidal marl in the Jan Juc Formation of Australia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2006Janjucetus hunderi Fitzgerald p. 1
2010Janjucetus hunderi Fitzgerald p. 370 figs. Table 1
2011Janjucetus hunderi Geisler et al. p. 6 figs. Table 1
2011Janjucetus hunderi Marx p. 83 figs. Figure 2
2015Janjucetus hunderi Marx and Fordyce figs. Figure 2
2016Janjucetus hunderi Fordyce and Marx p. 114 figs. Fig. 4
2017Janjucetus hunderi Tsai and Kohno
2018Janjucetus hunderi Fordyce and Marx p. 5 figs. Fig. 4

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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
suborderMysticeti
familyMammalodontidae
genusJanjucetus
specieshunderi

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.

Janjucetus hunderi Fitzgerald 2006
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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: Chattian or 27.30000 to 23.04000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Australia (Victoria) Cetacea indet. (type locality: 51393) Janjucetus hunderi (114718)