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Halicetus ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4970938	https://www.gbif.org/species/4970938
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	53148	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=53148

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Cetacea : Halicetus

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
-	Pelagiceti	Uhen 2008
-	Neoceti	Fordyce and de Muizon 2001
suborder	Mysticeti	Cope 1891
-	Chaeomysticeti
genus	Halicetus	Kellogg 1969

Scientific Name

Halicetus Kellogg, 1969

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Halicetus	genus	belongs to Cetotheriidae	stated without evidence	Kellogg, 1969
Halicetus	genus	belongs to Cetotheriidae	implied	McKenna and Bell, 1997
Halicetus	genus	belongs to Pelocetidae	stated without evidence	Steeman, 2007
Halicetus	genus	belongs to Cetotheriidae	stated without evidence	Whitmore and Barnes, 2008
Halicetus	genus	belongs to Mysticeti	stated without evidence	Uhen et al., 2008
Halicetus	genus	belongs to Chaeomysticeti	stated without evidence	Berta, 2017

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

16.0 - 13.8 Ma
Miocene

Last Recorded Appearance

13.8 - 11.6 Ma
Miocene

Environment

marine (based on Mysticeti)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Cetacea)

Diet

carnivore, suspension feeder (based on Mysticeti)

Reproduction

viviparous (based on Cetacea)

Ontogeny

modification of parts (based on Cetacea)

Taphonomy

hydroxylapatite (based on Mysticeti)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

R Kellogg. 1969. Cetothere skeletons from the Miocene Choptank Formation of Maryland and Virginia. Bulletin - U.S. National Museum 294:1-40

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Halicetus ignotus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	16.0 Ma Miocene	13.8 Ma Miocene

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1969	Halicetus Kellogg
1984	Halicetus Whitmore p. 230
1994	Halicetus Gottfried et al. p. 233
1997	Halicetus McKenna and Bell p. 376
2007	Halicetus Steeman p. 880
2008	Halicetus Uhen et al. p. 615
2008	Halicetus Whitmore and Barnes p. 173
2017	Halicetus Berta p. 167

References

Kellogg R (1969) Cetothere skeletons from the Miocene Choptank Formation of Maryland and Virginia, Bulletin - U.S. National Museum 294, 1-40

Whitmore F. C. (1984) Stratigraphy and paleontology of the outcropping Tertiary beds, Stratigraphy and Paleontology of the Outcropping Tertiary Beds in the Pamunkey River Region, Central Virginia Coastal Plain, 227-231

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

Steeman M. E. (2007) Cladistic analysis and a revised classification of fossil and recent mysticetes, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 150, 875-894

Uhen M. D., Fordyce R. E., et al (2008) Mysticeti, Evolution of Tertiary Mammals of North America II, 607-628

Whitmore F. C., Barnes L. G. (2008) The Herpetocetinae, a new subfamily of extinct baleen whales (Mammalia, Cetacea, Cetotheriidae), Virginia Museum of Natural History Special Publication 14, 141-180

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

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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