| Source Data | |
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| Rank | genus |
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Cetacea : Ziphiidae : Medocinia |
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| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Cetacea : Squalodelphinidae : Medocinia |
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| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted |
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Classification
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| Scientific Name | Medocinia de Muizon, 1988 |
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| Name Published In | Bull Mus Natl Hist Nat Sect C Sci Terre Paleontol Geol Mineral 10 (1) |
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| Opinions (PBDB) | | Name | Rank | Opinion | Evidence | Author |
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| Medocinia | genus | belongs to Squalodelphidae | stated without evidence | Muizon, 1988 | | Medocinia | genus | belongs to Ziphiidae | stated without evidence | Benton, 1993 | | Medocinia | genus | belongs to Squalodelphidae | stated with evidence | Muizon, 1994 | | Medocinia | genus | belongs to Hyperoodontidae | implied | McKenna and Bell, 1997 | | Medocinia | genus | belongs to Squalodelphinidae | stated without evidence | Fordyce and de Muizon, 2001 | | Medocinia | genus | belongs to Cetacea | second hand | Sepkoski, 2002 | | Medocinia | genus | belongs to Squalodelphinidae | stated without evidence | Geisler and Sanders, 2003 | | Medocinia | genus | belongs to Squalodelphinidae | stated with evidence | Lambert et al., 2014 |
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct |
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| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 2 |
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| First Recorded Appearance | 20.4 - 16.0 Ma
Miocene |
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| Last Recorded Appearance | 20.4 - 16.0 Ma
Miocene |
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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) | C. Muizon. 1988. Le polyphyletisme des Acrodelphidae, Odontocetes longirostres du Miocene europeen. Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histore Naturelle, Section C Sciences de la Terre, Paleontologie, Geologie, Minerologie 10:31-88 |
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| Muizon C. (1988) Le polyphyletisme des Acrodelphidae, Odontocetes longirostres du Miocene europeen, Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histore Naturelle, Section C Sciences de la Terre, Paleontologie, Geologie, Minerologie 10, 31-88 |
| Benton M. J. (1993) , The Fossil Record 2, 1-845 |
| Muizon C. (1994) Are the squalodonts related to the platanistoids?, Proceedings of the San Diego Society of Natural History 29, 135-146 |
| 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 |
| Lambert O., Bianucci G., et al (2014) Huaridelphis raimondii, a new early Miocene Squalodelphinidae (Cetacea, Odontoceti) from the Chilcatay Formation, Peru, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 34 5, 987-1004 doi:10.1080/02724634.2014.858050 |
| Bianucci G., Urbina M., et al (2015) A new record of Notocetus vanbenedeni (Squalodelphinidae, Odontoceti, Cetacea) from the Early Miocene of Peru, Comptes Rendus Palevol 14, 5-13 doi:10.1016/j.crpv.2014.08.003 |
| Marx F. G., Lambert O., et al (2016) Cetacean Paleobiology, 1-319 |
| Godfrey S. J., Barnes L. G., et al (2017) The Early Miocene odontocete Araeodelphis natator Kellogg, 1957 (Cetacea; Platanistidae), from the Calvert Formation of Maryland, U.S.A, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, e1278607 doi:10.1080/02724634.2017.1278607 |
| Bianucci G., Bosio G., et al (2018) A new large squalodelphinid (Cetacea, Odontoceti) from Peru sheds light on the Early Miocene platanistoid disparity and ecology, Royal Society Open Science 5 4, 172302 doi:10.1098/rsos.172302 |
| Kimura T. (2018) First squalodelphinid from the early Miocene of the Pacific realm in the Northern Hemisphere, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 38 4, e1493595 doi:10.1080/02724634.2018.1493595 |
| Nelson M. D., Uhen M. D. (2018) First occurrence of a squalodelphinid (Cetacea, Odontoceti) from the early Miocene of Washington State, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology doi:10.1080/02724634.2017.1428197 |
| 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 |
| as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera |
| Bull Mus Natl Hist Nat Sect C Sci Terre Paleontol Geol Mineral 10 (1) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera |
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