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Ashleycetus planicapitis
Taxonomy
Ashleycetus planicapitis was named by Sanders and Geisler (2015). Its type specimen is ChM PV6003, a partial skull (Partial skull in two pieces: (1) poste- rior portion of skull with exoccipitals and basioccipital and (2) most of rostrum, orbits, and intertemporal region but ), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Covington Estates, which is in a Rupelian coastal horizon in the Ashley Formation of South Carolina. It is the type species of Ashleycetus.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2015 | Ashleycetus planicapitis Sanders and Geisler p. 9 figs. Figs. 10-14 |
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†Ashleycetus planicapitis Sanders and Geisler 2015
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| A. E. Sanders and J. H. Geisler 2015 | Partial skull in two pieces: (1) poste- rior portion of skull with exoccipitals and basioccipital and (2) most of rostrum, orbits, and intertemporal region but lacking most of the ventral surface. |
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