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Auroracetus bakerae
Taxonomy
Auroracetus bakerae was named by Gibson and Geisler (2009). Its type specimen is USNM 534002, a partial skull, 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. It is the type species of Auroracetus.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2009 | Auroracetus bakerae Gibson and Geisler p. 966 figs. Fig. 1-3 |
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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.
†Auroracetus bakerae Gibson and Geisler 2009
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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