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Kogiopsis floridana

Mammalia - Cetacea - Physeteridae

Taxonomy
Kogiopsis floridana was named by Kellogg (1929). Its type specimen is AMNH 20470, a mandible, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is American Cyanimid Company, which is in a Tortonian marginal marine sandstone in the Peace River Formation of Florida.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1929Kogiopsis floridana Kellogg pp. 2-8 figs. 1-4
1952Kogiopsis floridanus Sherman p. 99
2002Kogiopsis floridana Kazár p. 163
2008Kogiopsis floridana Uhen et al. p. 576

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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
genusKogiopsis
speciesfloridana

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.

†Kogiopsis floridana Kellogg 1929
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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: piscivoref
Diet 2: carnivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubo
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-06-08 12:11:09
Source: f = family, subo = suborder, o = order
References: Nowak 1991, Uhen 2004

Age range: base of the Tortonian to the top of the Zanclean or 11.62000 to 3.60000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246USA (Florida) Kogiopsis floridana (type locality: 18505)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (North Carolina) Kogiopsis floridana (52582)