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Pontobasileus

Mammalia

Taxonomy
Pontobasileus was named by Leidy (1873). Its type is Pontobasileus tuberculatus. It was considered monophyletic by Uhen (2008).

It was synonymized subjectively with Zeuglodon by Zittel (1894); it was considered a nomen vanum by Zittel (1925); it was considered a nomen vanum by Hulbert et al. (1998); it was considered a nomen dubium by Uhen (2008).

It was assigned to Zeuglodontia by Leidy (1873); to Zeuglodontidae by Trouessart (1898); to Basilosauridae by Hay (1902), Trouessart (1904) and Hay (1930); to Archaeoceti by Kellogg (1936) and McKenna and Bell (1997); to Pappocetinae by McLeod and Barnes (2008); to Georgiacetinae by Gao and Ni (2015); and to Protocetidae by Berta (2017).

Species
P. tuberculatus (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1873Pontobasileus Leidy p. 337
1898Pontobasileus Trouessart p. 1010
1902Pontobasileus Hay p. 588
1904Pontobasileus Trouessart p. 754
1930Pontobasileus Hay p. 571
1936Pontobasileus Kellogg p. 264
1997Pontobasileus McKenna and Bell p. 368
2008Pontobasileus McLeod and Barnes p. 87
2015Pontobasileus Gao and Ni p. 156 figs. Table 1
2017Pontobasileus Berta p. 159

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Archaeoceti()
genusPontobasileus

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. †Pontobasileus Leidy 1873
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialuc
Diet: insectivoreuc
Created: 2005-09-06 19:53:51
Modified: 2005-09-07 19:44:02
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Hopson 1973, Luo et al. 2003, Carroll 1988
Collections
No collection or age range data are available