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Odobenocetopsidae ✝

Description

Odobenocetops is an extinct genus of small toothed whale known from Peru and Chile. Its fossils are found in Neogene-aged marine strata dating from the Tortonian to the Zanclean. It had two tusks, and, in some fossils, one tusk was longer than the other.


Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4832372https://www.gbif.org/species/4832372
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)63518https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=63518
Rankfamily
Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Cetacea : Odobenocetopsidae
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
suborderOdontocetiFlower 1867
infraorderDelphinidaMuizon 1984
superfamilyDelphinoideaFlower 1865
familyOdobenocetopsidaeMuizon 1993
Scientific NameOdobenocetopsidae
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Odobenocetopsidaefamilybelongs to Delphinoideastated without evidenceFordyce et al., 1995
Odobenocetopsidaefamilybelongs to DelphinoideaimpliedMcKenna and Bell, 1997
Odobenocetopsidaefamilybelongs to Delphinoideastated without evidenceFordyce and de Muizon, 2001
Odobenocetopsidaefamilybelongs to Delphinoideastated with evidenceMarx et al., 2016
Odobenocetopsidaefamilybelongs to Delphinoideastated without evidenceBerta, 2017
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)4
First Recorded Appearance11.6 - 5.3 Ma
Miocene
Last Recorded Appearance7.25 - 5.33 Ma
Miocene
Environmentmarine,freshwater (based on Odontoceti)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Cetacea)
Dietcarnivore (based on Odontoceti)
Reproductionviviparous (based on Odontoceti)
Ontogenymodification of parts (based on Cetacea)
Taphonomyhydroxylapatite (based on Odontoceti)
Primary Reference (PBDB)C Muizon. 1993. Walrus-like feeding adaptation in a new cetacean from the Pliocene of Peru. Nature 365:745-748
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odobenocetopsidae

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Odobenocetops
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
411.6 Ma
Miocene
7.25 Ma
Miocene

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1993Odobenocetopsidae Muizon
1995Odobenocetopsidae Fordyce et al. p. 379
1997Odobenocetopsidae McKenna and Bell p. 389
2001Odobenocetopsidae Fordyce and de Muizon p. 179
2002Odobenocetopsidae Muizon p. 224
2002Odobenocetopsidae Rice p. 231 figs. Table 1
YearName and Author
2005Odobenocetopsidae Gingerich p. 237 figs. Table 15.1
2007Odobenocetopsidae Bianucci and Landini p. 46 figs. Table 2.1
2009Odobenocetopsidae Rice p. 235 figs. Table 1
2016Odobenocetopsidae Marx et al. p. 137
2017Odobenocetopsidae Berta p. 165

References

Muizon C (1993) Walrus-like feeding adaptation in a new cetacean from the Pliocene of Peru, Nature 365, 745-748
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
Muizon C. (2002) Odobenocetops peruvianus, the Walrus-convergent delphinoid (Mammalia: Cetacea) from the early Pliocene of Peru, Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 93, 223-261
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
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
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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