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Cetotheriopsis lintianus

Mammalia - Cetacea

Taxonomy
Balaenodon lintianus was named by Meyer (1849) [Type specimen is in the Oberosterreichisches Landesmuseum, Linz/Donau, Austria.]. It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Linz, which is in a Chattian open shallow subtidal sandstone in the Linzer Sanden Formation of Austria.

It was recombined as Stenodon lentianus by Van Beneden (1865); it was recombined as Cetotheriopsis linziana by Brandt (1871), Brandt (1872), Brandt (1873) and Brandt (1874); it was recombined as Aulocetus lentianus by Van Beneden (1875), Roger (1887) and Capellini (1899); it was synonymized subjectively with Squalodon ehrlichii by Trouessart (1898); it was synonymized subjectively with Aulocetus molassicus by Trouessart (1904); it was synonymized subjectively with Patriocetus denggi by Abel (1914) and Kellogg (1923); it was recombined as Cetotheriopsis lintianus by Kellogg (1931), Abel (1938), Sanders and Barnes (2002), Bisconti (2006) and Boessenecker and Fordyce (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1849Balaenodon lintianus Meyer p. 550 figs. Plates 2-4
1865Stenodon lentianus Van Beneden p. 7979
1871Cetotheriopsis linziana Brandt p. 566
1872Cetotheriopsis linziana Brandt p. 261
1873Cetotheriopsis linziana Brandt p. 40 figs. Plate 19, Fig. 1-6
1874Cetotheriopsis linziana Brandt p. I
1875Aulocetus lentianus Van Beneden p. 539
1887Aulocetus lentianus Roger p. 27
1899Aulocetus lentianus Capellini p. 282
1931Cetotheriopsis lintianus Kellogg p. 307
1938Cetotheriopsis lintianus Abel p. 6
2002Cetotheriopsis lintianus Sanders and Barnes p. 286
2006Cetotheriopsis lintianus Bisconti p. 345
2017Cetotheriopsis lintianus Boessenecker and Fordyce

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
RankNameAuthor
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Euungulata
Artiodactylamorpha
Artiodactyla()
Whippomorpha
orderCetacea
Pelagiceti
Neoceti
suborderMysticeti
Chaeomysticeti()
genusCetotheriopsis
specieslintianus()

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatitesubo
Form: roller-shapedo
Ontogeny: modification of partso
Environment: marinesubo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: aquaticsubo
Depth habitat: surfaceo
Diet: carnivoresubo
Diet 2: suspension feedersubo
Reproduction: viviparouso
Created: 2005-03-06 14:20:41
Modified: 2005-03-06 16:34:40
Source: subo = suborder, o = order
Reference: Uhen 2004

Age range: Chattian or 28.10000 to 23.03000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Austria Balaenodon lintianus (type locality: 52083) Cetotheriopsis lintianus (45779)