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Dalanistes

Description

Dalanistes is an extinct genus of remingtonocetid early whale known from the late early Eocene (Lutetian, 48.6 to 40.4 million years ago) of Kutch, India and Punjab and Balochistan, Pakistan. Dalanistes is closely related to Remingtonocetus (the type genus of Remingtonocetidae, a slightly more derived family of early whales), but also shares several characters with Ambulocetus (the type of Ambulocetidae, earlier more primitive whales), and, with its combination of terrestrial and amphibious adaptations, Dalanistes apparently is an intermediate form between these two groups. Isotopic evidence suggest that Dalanistes had a marine diet.


Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4832557https://www.gbif.org/species/4832557
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)53240https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=53240
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Cetacea : Remingtonocetidae : Dalanistes
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
familyRemingtonocetidaeKumar and Sahni 1986
subfamilyRemingtonocetinaeThewissen and Bajpai 2009
genusDalanistesGingerich Arif & Clyde 1995
Scientific NameDalanistes Gingerich, Arif & Clyde, 1995
Name Published InContrib Mus Paleontol Univ Mich 29 (11), November 30
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Dalanistesgenusbelongs to Remingtonocetidaestated without evidenceGingerich et al., 1995
Dalanistesgenusbelongs to RemingtonocetidaeimpliedMcKenna and Bell, 1997
Dalanistesgenusbelongs to Remingtonocetidaestated without evidenceWilliams, 1998
Dalanistesgenusbelongs to Remingtonocetinaestated without evidenceThewissen and Bajpai, 2009
Dalanistesgenusbelongs to Remingtonocetidaestated without evidenceUhen, 2010
Dalanistesgenusbelongs to Remingtonocetinaestated without evidenceBajpai et al., 2011
Dalanistesgenusbelongs to RemingtonocetidaeimpliedGao and Ni, 2015
Dalanistesgenusbelongs to Remingtonocetidaestated with evidenceBebej et al., 2015
Dalanistesgenusbelongs to Remingtonocetinaestated with evidenceMarx et al., 2016
Dalanistesgenusbelongs to Remingtonocetidaestated without evidenceBerta, 2017
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)2
First Recorded Appearance47.8 - 41.3 Ma
Eocene
Last Recorded Appearance47.8 - 41.3 Ma
Eocene
Environmentmarine (based on Cetacea)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Cetacea)
Dietcarnivore (based on Cetacea)
Reproductionviviparous (based on Cetacea)
Ontogenymodification of parts (based on Cetacea)
Taphonomyhydroxylapatite (based on Cetacea)
Primary Reference (PBDB)P. D. Gingerich, M. Arif, and W. C. Clyde. 1995. New archaeocetes (Mammalia, Cetacea) from the Middle Eocene Domanda Formation of the Sulaiman Range, Punjab (Pakistan). Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan 29(11):291-330
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dalanistes

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Dalanistes ahmedi
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
347.8 Ma
Eocene
47.8 Ma
Eocene

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1995Dalanistes Gingerich et al.
1997Dalanistes McKenna and Bell p. 370
1998Dalanistes Williams p. 9
2001Dalanistes Gingerich et al.
2001Dalanistes Thewissen et al. p. 351 figs. Table 1
2003Dalanistes Geisler and Sanders p. 27
2004Dalanistes van Vliet p. 143
2006Dalanistes Clementz et al. p. 359
2008Dalanistes McLeod and Barnes p. 93
YearName and Author
2009Dalanistes Thewissen and Bajpai p. 657
2010Dalanistes Uhen p. 203
2011Dalanistes Bajpai et al. p. 703
2011Dalanistes Uhen et al. p. 966 figs. FIgure 10
2014Dalanistes Cooper et al. p. 104
2015Dalanistes Bebej et al.
2015Dalanistes Gao and Ni p. 156 figs. Table 1
2016Dalanistes Marx et al. p. 99
2017Dalanistes Berta p. 159

References

Gingerich P. D., Arif M., et al (1995) New archaeocetes (Mammalia, Cetacea) from the Middle Eocene Domanda Formation of the Sulaiman Range, Punjab (Pakistan), Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan 29 11, 291-330
McKenna M. C., Bell S. K. (1997) , Classification of Mammals Above the Species Level, 1-640
Gingerich P. D., Ul-Haq M., et al (2001) Eocene stratrigraphy and archaeocete whales (Mammalia, Cetacea) of Drug Lahar in the eastern Sulaiman range, Balochistan (Pakistan), Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan 30 11, 269-319
Thewissen J. G. M., Williams E. M., et al (2001) Eocene mammal faunas from northern Indo-Pakistan, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 21 2, 347-366
van Vliet H. J. (2004) Wadi Hitan, het dal der walvissen over oerwalvissen in Egypte en de evolutie der walvissen, Grondboor & Hamer 6, 141-147
Clementz M. T., Goswami A., et al (2006) Isotopic records from early whales and sea cows: Contrasting patterns of ecological transition 26 2, 355-370
McLeod S. A., Barnes L. G. (2008) A new genus and species of Eocene protocetid archaeocete whale (Mammalia, Cetacea) from the Atlantic Coastal plain, Science Series, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County 41, 73-98
Thewissen J. G. M., Bajpai S. (2009) New skeletal material of Andrewsiphius and Kutchicetus, two Eocene cetaceans from India, Journal of Paleontology 83 5, 635-663
Bajpai S., Thewissen J. G. M., et al (2011) Cranial anatomy of Middle Eocene Remingtonocetus (Cetacea, Mammalia) from Kutch, India, Journal of Paleontology 85 4, 703-718 doi:10.1666/10-128.1
Uhen M. D., Pyenson N. D., et al (2011) New middle Eocene whales from the Pisco Basin of Peru, Journal of Paleontology 85 5, 955-969 doi:10.1666/10-162.1
Cooper L. N., Hieronymus T. L., et al (2014) New Applications for Constrained Ordination: Reconstructing Feeding Behaviors in Fossil Remingtonocetinae (Cetacea: Mammalia), Topics in Geobiology 41, 89-107
Bebej R. M., Zalmout I. S., et al (2015) First remingtonocetid archaeocete (Mammalia, Cetacea) from the middle Eocene of Egypt with implications for biogeography and locomotion in early cetacean evolution, Journal of Paleontology 89 5, 882-893 doi:10.1017/jpa.2015.57
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
GBIF/Paleo Database - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
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
as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Contrib Mus Paleontol Univ Mich 29 (11), November 30 - 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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