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Cetotherium furlongi

Description

Cetotherium ("whale beast") is an extinct genus of baleen whale whales from the family Cetotheriidae.


Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4970910https://www.gbif.org/species/4970910
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)69898https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=69898
Rankspecies
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Cetacea : Cetotheriidae : Cetotherium : Cetotherium furlongi
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Cetacea : Cetotheriidae : Cetotherium : Cetotherium furlongi
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrataLamarck 1801
superclassGnathostomataGegenbauer 1874
-Osteichthyes
-SarcopterygiiRomer 1955
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha
subclassTetrapodomorpha
-Tetrapoda
-ReptiliomorphaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-AnthracosauriaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-Batrachosauria
-Cotylosauria
-AmniotaHaeckel 1866
-SynapsidaOsborn 1903
-Therapsida
infraorderCynodontia
-EpicynodontiaHopson and Kitching 2001
infraorderEucynodontiaKemp 1982
-ProbainognathiaHopson 1990
-MammaliamorphaRowe 1988
-MammaliaformesRowe 1988
classMammaliaLinnaeus 1758
orderCetaceaBrisson 1762
-PelagicetiUhen 2008
-NeocetiFordyce and de Muizon 2001
suborderMysticetiCope 1891
-Chaeomysticeti
familyCetotheriidae
subfamilyCetotheriinaeWhitmore and Barnes 2008
genusCetotheriumBrandt 1843
speciesCetotherium furlongiKellogg 1925
Generic NameCetotherium
Scientific NameCetotherium furlongi Kellogg, 1925
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Cetotherium furlongispeciesbelongs to Cetotheriumstated without evidenceKellogg, 1925
Cetotherium furlongispeciesbelongs to Cetotheriumstated with evidenceTarasenko and Lopatin, 2012
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance20.4 - 16.0 Ma
Miocene
Last Recorded Appearance20.4 - 16.0 Ma
Miocene
Environmentmarine (based on Mysticeti)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Cetacea)
Dietcarnivore, suspension feeder (based on Mysticeti)
Reproductionviviparous (based on Cetacea)
Ontogenymodification of parts (based on Cetacea)
Taphonomyhydroxylapatite (based on Mysticeti)
Primary Reference (PBDB)R. Kellogg. 1925. Fossil cetotheres from California. Contributions to Palaeontology from the Carnegie Institution of Washington 348(2):35-56
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cetotherium_furlongi

Fossil Distribution

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1925Cetotherium furlongi Kellogg p. 38 figs. Fig. 2-6
1930Cetotherium furlongi Hay p. 572
1938Cetotherium furlongi Abel p. 9
1977Cetotherium furlongi Barnes p. 325
2008Cetotherium furlongi Uhen et al. p. 612
2012Cetotherium furlongi Tarasenko and Lopatin p. 532

References

Kellogg R. (1925) Fossil cetotheres from California, Contributions to Palaeontology from the Carnegie Institution of Washington 348 2, 35-56
Hay O. P. (1930) Second Bibliography and Catalogue of the Fossil Vertebrata of North America, Carnegie Institution of Washington 390 II, 1-1074
Abel O. (1938) Vorlaeufige mitteilungen ueber die revision der fossilen mystacoceten aus dem Tertiaer Belgiens, Bulletin du Musee royal d'Histoire naturelle de Belgique 14 1, 1-34
Barnes L. G. (1977) Outline of eastern North Pacific fossil cetacean assemblages, Systematic Zoology 25 4, 321-343
Uhen M. D., Fordyce R. E., et al (2008) Mysticeti, Evolution of Tertiary Mammals of North America II, 607-628
Tarasenko K. K., Lopatin A. V. (2012) New Baleen Whale Genera (Cetacea, Mammalia) from the Miocene of the Northern Caucasus and Ciscaucasia: 1. Kurdalagonus gen. nov. from the Middle–Late Sarmatian of Adygea, Paleontological Journal 46 5, 531-542
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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