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Scaldicetus perpinguis

Osteichthyes - Cetacea

Taxonomy
Hoplocetus perpinguis was named by Pilleri and Pilleri (1982) [Giovanni Capellini Museum of Palaeontology]. Its type specimen is MGGCB-1COC52, a tooth, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Valle Ceppi, which is in a Burdigalian marine horizon in Italy.

It was recombined as Scaldicetus perpinguis by Hampe (2006).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1982Hoplocetus perpinguis Pilleri and Pilleri p. 311 figs. Fig. 16J and Plate 17
2002Hoplocetus perpenguis Kazár p. 163
2006Scaldicetus perpinguis Hampe p. 76

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Artiodactylamorpha
—Artiodactyla()
—Whippomorpha
orderCetacea
—Pelagiceti
—Neoceti
suborderOdontoceti
superfamilyPhyseteroidea
genusScaldicetus
speciesperpinguis()

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.

†Scaldicetus perpinguis Pilleri and Pilleri 1982
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatitesubo
Form: roller-shapedo
Ontogeny: modification of partso
Environment: marine, freshwatersubo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: aquatico
Depth habitat: surfaceo
Diet: carnivoresubo
Reproduction: viviparoussubo
Created: 2005-03-06 14:21:39
Modified: 2005-09-22 15:42:08
Source: subo = suborder, o = order
Reference: Uhen 2004

Age range: Burdigalian or 20.45000 to 15.98000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Italy Hoplocetus perpinguis (type locality: 48653)