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Herpetocetus transatlanticus
Taxonomy
Herpetocetus transatlanticus was named by Whitmore and Barnes (2008) [Herpetocetus n. sp. of Whitmore 1994: 224, Table 1]. Its type specimen is USNM 182962, a partial skull (partial cranium), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Lee Creek Mine, Yorktown Formation, which is in a Zanclean estuary/bay sandstone in the Yorktown Formation of North Carolina.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2008 | Herpetocetus transatlanticus Whitmore and Barnes p. 153 figs. Figures 8-16 |
| 2008 | Herpetocetus transatlanticus Whitmore and Kaltenbach p. 242 |
| 2010 | Herpetocetus transatlanticus Steeman p. 74 |
| 2011 | Herpetocetus transatlanticus Marx p. 83 figs. Figure 2 |
| 2013 | Herpetocetus transatlanticus Bisconti et al. p. 121 |
| 2014 | Herpetocetus transatlanticus El Adli et al. p. 404 |
| 2014 | Herpetocetus transatlanticus Goldin and Startsev p. 419 figs. Figure 13 |
| 2015 | Herpetocetus transatlanticus Gol'din and Steeman p. 13 figs. Figure 10 |
| 2015 | Herpetocetus transatlanticus Marx and Fordyce p. 4 figs. Figure 2 |
| 2016 | Herpetocetus transatlanticus Marx et al. p. 22 figs. Figure 10 |
| 2018 | Herpetocetus transatlanticus Tanaka et al. p. 302 figs. Table 2 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
†Herpetocetus transatlanticus Whitmore and Barnes 2008
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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