Cynthiacetus maxwelli Uhen 2005
Description
Cynthiacetus maxwelli Uhen, 2005
Zeuglodon cf. brachyspondylus – Müller 1849: 26-28. — Kellogg 1936: 248 (in part).
HOLOTYPE. — MMNS VP 445. It includes a partially preserved skull, dentaries, upper and lower dentitions, petro-tympanic complex, humerus, radius, ulna, cervical, thoracic and lumbar vertebrae.
TYPE LOCALITY. — Cynthia Clay Pit, Hinds County, Mississippi, USA.
TYPE HORIZON. — Yazoo Clay Formation, Priabonian, late Eocene.
EMENDED DIAGNOSIS. — Cynthiacetus maxwelli differs mainly from C. peruvianus in having one more cusp on both mesial and distal edges on p3 and p4 (5 and 6 denticles respectively in p3 and p4). It also possesses a longer and lower dome-shaped neural arch on the atlas and shorter and more massive humerus, radius and ulna (cf. below).
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- Is part of
- Journal article: 10.5252/g2017n1a1 (DOI)
- Journal article: http://zenodo.org/record/4535622 (URL)
- Journal article: http://publication.plazi.org/id/FF93FC2D8003FFB98A60FFBA1534FFD1 (URL)
- Journal article: http://zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:40D6C996-226D-49BF-8BF2-E07050BE9035 (URL)
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- https://sibils.text-analytics.ch/search/collections/plazi/03AA8455800AFFB089C9FEEC16CAFC85 (URL)
Biodiversity
- Family
- Basilosauridae
- Genus
- Cynthiacetus
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Cetacea
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Scientific name authorship
- Uhen
- Species
- maxwelli
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Cynthiacetus maxwelli Uhen, 2005 sec. Martínez-Cáceres, Lambert & Muizon, 2017
References
- UHEN M. D. 2005. - A new genus and species of archaeocete whale from Mississippi. Southeastern Geology 43 (3): 157 - 172.
- MULLER J. 1849. - Uber die fossilen Reste der Zeuglodonten von Nordamerica, mit Rucksicht auf die europaischen Reste aus dieser Familie. G. Reimer, Berlin, 38 p.
- KELLOGG R. 1936. - A review of the Archaeoceti. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publications 482: 1 - 366.