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Nannolithax

Mammalia - Cetacea

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1931Nannolithax Kellogg p. 386 figs. Fig. 123-124
1945Nannolithax Simpson p. 103
1971Nannolithax Ginsburg and Janvier p. 177
1975Nannolithax Ginsburg and Janvier p. 87
1977Nannolithax Barnes p. 327
1988Nannolithax Carroll
1988Nannolithax de Muizon p. 162
1994Nannolithax Bianucci and Varola p. 202
1997Nannolithax McKenna and Bell p. 371
2001Nannolithax Fordyce and de Muizon p. 179
2002Nannolithax Sepkoski
2008Nannolithax Uhen et al. p. 585
2008Nannolithax Whitmore and Kaltenbach p. 208

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

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.

G. †Nannolithax Kellogg 1931
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Nannolithax gracilis Kellogg 1931
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: base of the Langhian to the top of the Tortonian or 15.97000 to 7.24600 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aquitanian - Langhian23.03 - 13.82USA (North Carolina) N. sp. (48887)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82USA (California) N. gracilis (13297)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82France (Maine-et-Loire) N. gracilis (148396)
Serravallian - Tortonian13.82 - 7.246France (Maine-et-Loire) N. gracilis (54136)