| Description | Xenorophus is a genus of primitive odontocete from late Oligocene (Chattian) marine deposits in South Carolina belonging to Xenorophidae.
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| Rank | genus |
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Cetacea : Remingtonocetidae : Xenorophus |
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| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Cetacea : Xenorophidae : Xenorophus |
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| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted |
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Classification
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| Scientific Name | Xenorophus Kellogg, 1923 |
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| Name Published In | Smithson. Misc. Coll., 76, no. 7 |
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| Opinions (PBDB) | | Name | Rank | Opinion | Evidence | Author |
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| Xenorophus | genus | belongs to Agorophiidae | stated without evidence | Miller, 1923 | | Xenorophus | genus | belongs to Odontoceti | stated without evidence | Kellogg, 1923 | | Xenorophus | genus | belongs to Agorophiidae | stated without evidence | Kellogg, 1928 | | Xenorophus | genus | belongs to Odontoceti | stated without evidence | Harland et al., 1967 | | Xenorophus | genus | belongs to Agorophiidae | stated without evidence | Keyes, 1973 | | Xenorophus | genus | belongs to Odontoceti | stated without evidence | Whitmore and Sanders, 1977 | | Xenorophus | genus | belongs to Agorophiidae | stated without evidence | Fordyce, 1982 | | Xenorophus | genus | belongs to Odontoceti | implied | Carroll, 1988 | | Xenorophus | genus | belongs to Autoceta | implied | McKenna and Bell, 1997 | | Xenorophus | genus | belongs to Odontoceti | stated without evidence | Fordyce and de Muizon, 2001 | | Xenorophus | genus | belongs to Cetacea | second hand | Sepkoski, 2002 | | Xenorophus | genus | belongs to Odontoceti | stated without evidence | Geisler and Sanders, 2003 | | Xenorophus | genus | belongs to Xenorophidae | stated without evidence | Uhen, 2008 | | Xenorophus | genus | belongs to Xenorophidae | stated with evidence | Geisler et al., 2014 | | Xenorophus | genus | belongs to Xenorophidae | stated without evidence | Berta, 2017 |
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct |
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| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 2 |
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| First Recorded Appearance | 33.9 - 28.1 Ma
Oligocene |
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| Last Recorded Appearance | 28.1 - 23.0 Ma
Cenozoic |
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| Environment | marine,freshwater (based on Odontoceti) |
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| Motility | actively mobile (based on Cetacea) |
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| Diet | carnivore (based on Odontoceti) |
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| Reproduction | viviparous (based on Odontoceti) |
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| Ontogeny | modification of parts (based on Cetacea) |
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| Taphonomy | hydroxylapatite (based on Odontoceti) |
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| Primary Reference (PBDB) | R. Kellogg. 1923. Description of an apparently new toothed cetacean from South Carolina. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 76(7):1-7 |
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| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xenorophus |
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| Kellogg R. (1923) Description of an apparently new toothed cetacean from South Carolina, Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 76 7, 1-7 |
| Miller G. S. (1923) The telescoping of the cetacean skull, Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 76 5, 1-70 |
| Hay O. P. (1930) Second Bibliography and Catalogue of the Fossil Vertebrata of North America, Carnegie Institution of Washington 390 II, 1-1074 |
| Simpson G. G. (1945) The principles of classification and a classification of mammals, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 85, 1-350 |
| Whitmore F. C., Sanders A. E. (1977) Review of the Oligocene Cetacea, Systematic Zoology 25, 304-320 |
| Fordyce R. E. (1981) Systematics of the odontocete whale Agorophius pygmaeus and the Family Agorophiidae (Mammalia: Cetacea), Journal of Paleontology 55 5, 1028-1045 |
| Carroll R. L. (1988) , Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution, 1-698 |
| McKenna M. C., Bell S. K. (1997) , Classification of Mammals Above the Species Level, 1-640 |
| 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 |
| Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560 |
| Uhen M. D. (2005) A new Xenorophus-like odontocete cetacean from the Oligocene of North Carolina, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 25 3, 125A |
| Uhen M. D. (2008) A new Xenorophus-like odontocete cetacean form the Oligocene of North Carolina and a discussion of the basal odontocete radiation, Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 6 4, 433-452 doi:10.1017/S1477201908002472 |
| Uhen M. D., Fordyce R. E., et al (2008) Odontoceti, Evolution of Tertiary Mammals of North America II, 566-606 |
| Geisler J. H., McGowen M. R., et al (2011) A supermatrix analysis of genomic, morphological, and paleontological data from crown Cetacea, BMC Evolutionary Biology 11 112, 1-33 |
| Geisler J. H., Colbert M. W., et al (2014) A new fossil species supports an early origin for toothed whale echolocation, Nature doi:10.1038/nature13086 |
| Sanders A. E., Geisler J. H. (2015) A new basal odontocete from the upper Rupelian of South Carolina, U.S.A., with contributions to the systematics of Xenorophus and Mirocetus (Mammalia, Cetacea), Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, e890107 doi:10.1080/02724634.2014.890107 |
| Godfrey S., Uhen M. D., et al (2016) A new specimen of Agorophius pygmaeus (Agorophiidae, Odontoceti, Cetacea) from the early Oligocene Ashley Formation of South Carolina, USA, Journal of Paleontology 90 1, 154-169 doi:10.1017/jpa.2016.4 |
| 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 |
| Lambert O., Bianucci G., et al (2017) A new inioid (Cetacea, Odontoceti, Delphinida) from the Miocene of Peru and the origin of modern dolphin and porpoise families, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 179, 919-946 doi:10.1111/zoj.12479 |
| Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera |
| SN2000/McKenna & Bell, 1997 - 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 |
| Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363, 1-560. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera |
| Smithson. Misc. Coll., 76, no. 7 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera |
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