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Physeter vetus

Mammalia - Cetacea - Physeteridae

Taxonomy
Catodon vetus was named by Leidy (1869) [ANSP 11258 may represent these teeth (Spammer et al., 1995)]. Its type specimen is ANSP 11258, a set of teeth, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was synonymized objectively with Physeter antiquus by Trouessart (1898); it was recombined as Physeter antiquus vetus by Trouessart (1904); it was recombined as Physeter vetus by Cope (1875), Hay (1902), Rhoads (1903) and Hay (1930).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1853Physeter antiquus Leidy p. 378
1860Physeter antiquus Holmes p. 117
1860Physeter antiquus Leidy p. 117
1867Physeter antiquus Cope p. 144
1868Physeter antiquus Cope p. 739
1869Catodon vetus Leidy p. 436
1875Physeter vetus Cope p. 50
1876Physiter antiquus Lawley p. 111
1894Physeter antiquus Paquier p. 46
1898Physeter antiquus Trouessart p. 1055
1902Physeter vetus Hay p. 595
1903Physeter vetus Rhoads p. 248
1904Physeter antiquus vetus Trouessart p. 774
1930Physeter vetus Hay p. 599

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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
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
RankNameAuthor
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Euungulata
Artiodactylamorpha
Artiodactyla()
Whippomorpha
orderCetacea
Pelagiceti
Neoceti
suborderOdontoceti
superfamilyPhyseteroidea
familyPhyseteridae
genusPhyseter
speciesvetus()

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.

Physeter vetus Leidy 1869
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Invalid names: Physeter antiquus Leidy 1853 [objective synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatitesubo
Form: roller-shapedo
Ontogeny: modification of partso
Environment: oceanicg
Locomotion: actively mobileg
Life habit: aquaticg
Depth habitat: surfaceg
Diet: carnivoreg
Reproduction: viviparoussubo
Created: 2015-04-14 16:58:50
Modified: 2015-04-14 16:58:50
Source: g = genus, subo = suborder, o = order
References: Uhen 2004, Hirota and Barnes 1995

Age range: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Pleistocene or 20.44000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97USA (New Jersey) Physeter antiquus (18587)
Burdigalian - Serravallian20.44 - 11.62USA (Virginia) Physeter vetus (105548)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (South Carolina) Physeter antiquus (79950)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (Georgia) Physeter vetus (96899)