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Scaldicetus grandis

Mammalia - Cetacea

Taxonomy
Palaeodelphis grandis was named by Du Bus (1872). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Anvers, which is in a Miocene/Pliocene marine horizon in Belgium.

It was recombined as Physodon grandis by Lydekker (1887), Newton (1891), Trouessart (1898) and Trouessart (1904); it was recombined as Scaldicetus grandis by Abel (1905), Kellogg (1922), Pilleri (1987), Bianucci (1996), Kazár (2002) and Hampe (2006).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1872Palaeodelphis grandis Du Bus p. 503
1872Palaeodelphis annulatus Du Bus p. 504
1872Palaeodelphis minutus Du Bus p. 504
1872Palaeodelphis coronatus Du Bus p. 505
1874Palaeodelphis annulatus Vanden Broeck p. 146
1874Palaeodelphis coronatus Vanden Broeck p. 146
1874Palaeodelphis grandis Vanden Broeck p. 146
1880Palaeodelphis coronatus Van Beneden and Gervais p. 336
1880Palaeodelphis grandis Van Beneden and Gervais p. 336
1880Palaeodelphis minutus Van Beneden and Gervais p. 336
1887Physodon lorteti Depéret p. 276 figs. Pl. 13
1887Physodon grandis Lydekker p. 59
1891Physodon grandis Newton p. 68
1894Physodon lorteti Paquier p. 47
1898Physodon annulatus Trouessart p. 1053
1898Physodon coronatus Trouessart p. 1053
1898Physodon grandis Trouessart p. 1053
1898Physodon minutus Trouessart p. 1053
1904Physodon grandis Trouessart p. 772
1904Physodon lorteti Trouessart p. 772
1904Physodon minutus Trouessart p. 772
1904Physodon annulatus Trouessart p. 773
1904Physodon coronatus Trouessart p. 773
1905Scaldicetus grandis Abel p. 61
1906Physodon lorteti Joleaud p. 380
1922Scaldicetus grandis Kellogg p. 129
1987Scaldicetus grandis Pilleri p. 84
1996Scaldicetus grandis Bianucci p. 65
2002Scaldicetus grandis Kazár p. 163
2006Scaldicetus grandis Hampe p. 76

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Artiodactylamorpha
—Artiodactyla()
—Whippomorpha
orderCetacea
—Pelagiceti
—Neoceti
suborderOdontoceti
superfamilyPhyseteroidea
genusScaldicetus
speciesgrandis()

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.

†Scaldicetus grandis Du Bus 1872
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Invalid names: Palaeodelphis annulatus Du Bus 1872 [synonym], Palaeodelphis coronatus Du Bus 1872 [synonym], Palaeodelphis minutus Du Bus 1872 [synonym], Physodon lorteti Depéret 1887 [synonym]
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 Burdigalian to the top of the Gelasian or 20.44000 to 1.80600 Ma

Collections (16 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Spain Scaldicetus grandis (55597)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333France Physodon lorteti (85069)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Netherlands Scaldicetus grandis (37599)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Germany Scaldicetus grandis (47425)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Italy Scaldicetus grandis (52152)
Burdigalian - Messinian20.44 - 5.333Italy (Apulia) Scaldicetus grandis (47125)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Netherlands (Gelderland) Scaldicetus grandis (32040)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Netherlands Scaldicetus grandis (75152)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Italy Scaldicetus grandis (48656)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246USA (California) Scaldicetus grandis (52216)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Netherlands Scaldicetus grandis (74896 74897)
Late/Upper Miocene - Late/Upper Pliocene11.608 - 2.588Belgium (Antwerpen) Palaeodelphis grandis, Palaeodelphis minutus, Palaeodelphis annulatus, Palaeodelphis coronatus (type locality: 47465)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (California) Scaldicetus grandis (50068)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588USA (California) Scaldicetus grandis (52219)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806United Kingdom (England) Physodon grandis (48093)