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Remingtonocetidae ✝

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Remingtonocetidae is a diverse family of early aquatic mammals of the order Cetacea. The family is named after paleocetologist Remington Kellogg.

From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remingtonocetidae, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	3240261	https://www.gbif.org/species/3240261
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	53237	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=53237

Rank

family

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Cetacea : Remingtonocetidae

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Triploblastica	Lankester 1877
-	Nephrozoa	Jondelius et al. 2002
-	Deuterostomia	Grobben 1908
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1847
subphylum	Vertebrata	Lamarck 1801
superclass	Gnathostomata	Gegenbauer 1874
-	Osteichthyes
-	Sarcopterygii	Romer 1955
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha
-	Tetrapoda
-	Reptiliomorpha	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Anthracosauria	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Batrachosauria
-	Cotylosauria
-	Amniota	Haeckel 1866
-	Synapsida	Osborn 1903
-	Therapsida
infraorder	Cynodontia
-	Epicynodontia	Hopson and Kitching 2001
infraorder	Eucynodontia	Kemp 1982
-	Probainognathia	Hopson 1990
-	Mammaliamorpha	Rowe 1988
-	Mammaliaformes	Rowe 1988
class	Mammalia	Linnaeus 1758
order	Cetacea	Brisson 1762
family	Remingtonocetidae	Kumar and Sahni 1986

Scientific Name

Remingtonocetidae

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Remingtonocetidae	family	belongs to Archaeoceti	stated without evidence	Kumar and Sahni, 1986
Remingtonocetidae	family	belongs to Remingtonocetoidea	stated without evidence	Mitchell, 1989
Remingtonocetidae	family	belongs to Odontoceti	stated without evidence	Benton, 1993
Remingtonocetidae	family	belongs to Archaeoceti	stated without evidence	Fordyce and Barnes, 1994
Remingtonocetidae	family	belongs to Archaeoceti	implied	McKenna and Bell, 1997
Remingtonocetidae	family	belongs to Remingtonocetoidea	stated without evidence	Rice, 1998
Remingtonocetidae	family	belongs to Archaeoceti	stated without evidence	Fordyce and de Muizon, 2001
Remingtonocetidae	family	belongs to Cetacea	stated without evidence	Thewissen et al., 2001
Remingtonocetidae	family	belongs to Archaeoceti	stated without evidence	Rice, 2002
Remingtonocetidae	family	belongs to Cetacea	stated without evidence	van Vliet, 2004
Remingtonocetidae	family	belongs to Remingtonocetoidea	stated without evidence	Gingerich, 2005
Remingtonocetidae	family	belongs to Archaeoceti	stated without evidence	Bianucci and Landini, 2007
Remingtonocetidae	family	belongs to Cetacea	stated without evidence	Thewissen and Bajpai, 2009
Remingtonocetidae	family	belongs to Remingtonocetoidea	stated without evidence	Rice, 2009
Remingtonocetidae	family	belongs to Cetacea	stated without evidence	Uhen, 2010
Remingtonocetidae	family	belongs to Archaeoceti	stated without evidence	Gingerich, 2012
Remingtonocetidae	family	belongs to Archaeoceti	implied	Gao and Ni, 2015
Remingtonocetidae	family	belongs to Cetacea	stated with evidence	Bebej et al., 2015
Remingtonocetidae	family	belongs to Cetacea	stated without evidence	Berta, 2017

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

47.8 - 41.3 Ma
Eocene

Last Recorded Appearance

47.8 - 41.3 Ma
Eocene

Environment

marine (based on Cetacea)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Cetacea)

Diet

carnivore (based on Cetacea)

Reproduction

viviparous (based on Cetacea)

Ontogeny

modification of parts (based on Cetacea)

Taphonomy

hydroxylapatite (based on Cetacea)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

K. Kumar and A. Sahni. 1986. Remingtonocetus harudiensis, new combination, a middle Eocene archaeocete (Mammalia, Cetacea) from western Kutch, India. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 6(4):326-349

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remingtonocetidae

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Andrewsiphiinae ✝ subfamily	listed (PBDB)		18	47.8 Ma Eocene	47.8 Ma Eocene
Remingtonocetinae ✝ subfamily	listed (PBDB)		11	47.8 Ma Eocene	47.8 Ma Eocene
Andrewsiphius ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		14	47.8 Ma Eocene	47.8 Ma Eocene
Araeodelphis ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	23.0 Ma Miocene	20.4 Ma Miocene
Archaeodelphis ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	28.1 Ma Oligocene	28.1 Ma Oligocene
Atropatenocetus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	28.1 Ma Oligocene	28.1 Ma Oligocene
Attockicetus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	47.8 Ma Eocene	47.8 Ma Eocene
Ceterhinops ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	23.0 Ma Miocene	23.0 Ma Miocene
Dalanistes ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	47.8 Ma Eocene	47.8 Ma Eocene
Delphinavus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	13.6 Ma Miocene	13.6 Ma Miocene
Graphiodon genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Hadrodelphis ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		11	16.0 Ma Miocene	5.33 Ma Miocene
Hesperocetus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Heterodelphis ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	13.8 Ma Miocene	11.6 Ma Miocene
Imerodelphis ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	13.8 Ma Miocene	13.8 Ma Miocene
Incacetus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	23.0 Ma Miocene	23.0 Ma Miocene
Iniopsis ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	28.1 Ma Oligocene	28.1 Ma Oligocene
Kutchicetus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	47.8 Ma Eocene	47.8 Ma Eocene
Lamprolithax ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		5	20.4 Ma Miocene	11.6 Ma Miocene
Loxolithax ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	16.0 Ma Miocene	16.0 Ma Miocene
Miodelphis ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	28.1 Ma Oligocene	28.1 Ma Oligocene
Mirocetus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	33.9 Ma Oligocene	33.9 Ma Oligocene
Nannolithax ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	23.0 Ma Miocene	13.8 Ma Miocene
Oedolithax ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	16.0 Ma Miocene	16.0 Ma Miocene
Oligodelphis ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	28.1 Ma Oligocene	28.1 Ma Oligocene
Pelodelphis genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Phocageneus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	23.0 Ma Miocene	16.0 Ma Miocene
Platylithax ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	16.0 Ma Miocene	16.0 Ma Miocene
Protodelphinus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	23.0 Ma Miocene	23.0 Ma Miocene
Rayanistes ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	47.8 Ma Eocene	47.8 Ma Eocene
Remingtonocetus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		6	47.8 Ma Eocene	47.8 Ma Eocene
Sinanodelphis ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	16.0 Ma Miocene	16.0 Ma Miocene
Xenorophus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	33.9 Ma Oligocene	28.1 Ma Oligocene

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1986	Remingtonocetidae Kumar and Sahni
1989	Remingtonocetidae Mitchell
1993	Remingtonocetidae Benton p. 761
1994	Remingtonocetidae Fordyce and Barnes p. 428 figs. Table 1
1995	Remingtonocetidae Fordyce et al. p. 379
1997	Remingtonocetidae McKenna and Bell p. 370
1998	Remingtonocetidae Rice
2001	Remingtonocetidae Fordyce and de Muizon p. 176
2001	Remingtonocetidae Gingerich et al.
2001	Remingtonocetidae Thewissen et al. p. 351 figs. Table 1
2002	Remingtonocetidae Rice p. 231 figs. Table 1
2003	Remingtonocetidae Fordyce p. 156 figs. Figure 9.1
2003	Remingtonocetidae Geisler and Sanders p. 27

Year	Name and Author
2004	Remingtonocetidae van Vliet p. 143
2005	Remingtonocetidae Gingerich p. 237 figs. Table 15.1
2007	Remingtonocetidae Bianucci and Landini p. 45 figs. Table 2.1
2008	Remingtonocetidae McLeod and Barnes p. 93
2009	Remingtonocetidae Rice p. 235 figs. Table 1
2009	Remingtonocetidae Thewissen and Bajpai p. 635
2010	Remingtonocetidae Uhen p. 203 figs. Figure 1
2012	Remingtonocetidae Gingerich p. 313 figs. Figure 4
2015	Remingtonocetidae Bebej et al.
2015	Remingtonocetidae Gao and Ni p. 156 figs. Table 1
2016	Remingtonocetidae Marx et al. p. 98
2017	Remingtonocetidae Berta p. 159

References

Kumar K., Sahni A. (1986) Remingtonocetus harudiensis, new combination, a middle Eocene archaeocete (Mammalia, Cetacea) from western Kutch, India, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 6 4, 326-349

Mitchell E. D. (1989) A new cetacean from the late Eocene La Meseta Formation, Seymour Island, Antarctic Peninsula, Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 46 12, 2219-2235

Benton M. J. (1993) , The Fossil Record 2, 1-845

McKenna M. C., Bell S. K. (1997) , Classification of Mammals Above the Species Level, 1-640

Rice D. W. (1998) Marine Mammals of the World: Systematics and Distribution, The Society for Marine Mammalogy Special Publication 4, 1-231

Fordyce R. E., de Muizon C. (2001) Evolutionary history of the cetaceans: a review, Secondary Adaptations of Tetrapods to Life in the Water, 169-233

Gingerich P. D., Ul-Haq M., et al (2001) Eocene stratrigraphy and archaeocete whales (Mammalia, Cetacea) of Drug Lahar in the eastern Sulaiman range, Balochistan (Pakistan), Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan 30 11, 269-319

Thewissen J. G. M., Williams E. M., et al (2001) Eocene mammal faunas from northern Indo-Pakistan, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 21 2, 347-366

van Vliet H. J. (2004) Wadi Hitan, het dal der walvissen over oerwalvissen in Egypte en de evolutie der walvissen, Grondboor & Hamer 6, 141-147

McLeod S. A., Barnes L. G. (2008) A new genus and species of Eocene protocetid archaeocete whale (Mammalia, Cetacea) from the Atlantic Coastal plain, Science Series, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County 41, 73-98

Thewissen J. G. M., Bajpai S. (2009) New skeletal material of Andrewsiphius and Kutchicetus, two Eocene cetaceans from India, Journal of Paleontology 83 5, 635-663

Gingerich P. D. (2012) Evolution of whales from land to sea, Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 156 3, 309-323

Bebej R. M., Zalmout I. S., et al (2015) First remingtonocetid archaeocete (Mammalia, Cetacea) from the middle Eocene of Egypt with implications for biogeography and locomotion in early cetacean evolution, Journal of Paleontology 89 5, 882-893 doi:10.1017/jpa.2015.57

Marx F. G., Lambert O., et al (2016) Cetacean Paleobiology, 1-319

Berta A. (2017) , The Rise of Marine Mammals: 50 Million Years of Evolution, 1-198

Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

SN2000: Brands, S. J. (compiler) 1989-2005. Systema Naturae 2000. Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2006 version). Available online at http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

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