| Description | Hoplocetus is an extinct genus of raptorial cetacean of the sperm whale superfamily, Physeteroidea. Its remains have been found in the Miocene of Belgium, France, Germany and Malta, the Pliocene of Belgium and France, and the Pleistocene of the United Kingdom and South Carolina.
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| Rank | genus |
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Cetacea : Physeteridae : Hoplocetus |
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| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Cetacea : Hoplocetus |
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| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted |
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Classification
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| Scientific Name | Hoplocetus Gervais, 1848-52 |
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| Name Published In | Zool. Pal. Franç., 1 |
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| Opinions (PBDB) | | Name | Rank | Opinion | Evidence | Author |
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| Hoplocetus | genus | misspelling of Hoplocetus | stated without evidence | Gervais, 1852 | | Hoplocetus | genus | belongs to Balaenidae | stated without evidence | Pictet, 1853 | | Hoplocetus | genus | belongs to Cetacea | stated without evidence | Bronn, 1853 | | Hoplocetus | genus | belongs to Physeterinae | stated without evidence | Brandt, 1873 | | Hoplocetus | genus | subjective synonym of Balaenodon | stated without evidence | Van Beneden and Gervais, 1880 | | Hoplocetus | genus | belongs to Physeteridae | stated without evidence | Deperet, 1887 | | Hoplocetus | genus | belongs to Physeterinae | stated without evidence | Lydekker, 1887 | | Hoplocetus | genus | belongs to Physeteridae | stated without evidence | Cope, 1890 | | Hoplocetus | genus | belongs to Physeteridae | implied | Newton, 1891 | | Hoplocetus | genus | belongs to Odontoceti | stated without evidence | Depéret, 1893 | | Hoplocetus | genus | belongs to Physeteridae | stated without evidence | Paquier, 1894 | | Hoplocetus | genus | belongs to Physeterinae | stated without evidence | Trouessart, 1898 | | Hoplocetus | genus | belongs to Physeteridae | stated without evidence | Hay, 1902 | | Hoplocetus | genus | belongs to Physeterinae | stated without evidence | Trouessart, 1904 | | Hoplocetus | genus | subjective synonym of Scaldicetus | stated without evidence | Abel, 1905 | | Hoplocetus | genus | belongs to Physeteridae | stated without evidence | Kellogg, 1928 | | Hoplocetus | genus | belongs to Hoplocetinae | stated without evidence | Simpson, 1945 | | Hoplocetus | genus | belongs to Physeteridae | stated without evidence | Sherman, 1952 | | Hoplocetus | genus | belongs to Physeteridae | implied | Carroll, 1988 | | Hoplocetus | genus | belongs to Hoplocetinae | implied | McKenna and Bell, 1997 | | Hoplocetus | genus | nomen dubium Physeteridae | stated without evidence | Fordyce and de Muizon, 2001 | | Hoplocetus | genus | belongs to Cetacea | second hand | Sepkoski, 2002 | | Hoplocetus | genus | belongs to Physeteridae | stated without evidence | Kazár, 2002 | | Hoplocetus | genus | belongs to Hoplocetinae | stated without evidence | Hampe, 2006 | | Hoplocetus | genus | belongs to Physeteroidea | stated without evidence | Ormezzano and Lanzetti, 2014 |
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct |
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| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 5 |
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| First Recorded Appearance | 20.4 - 16.0 Ma
Miocene |
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| Last Recorded Appearance | 2.59 - 0.01 Ma
Pleistocene |
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| Environment | marine,freshwater (based on Odontoceti) |
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| Motility | actively mobile (based on Cetacea) |
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| Diet | carnivore (based on Odontoceti) |
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| Reproduction | viviparous (based on Odontoceti) |
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| Ontogeny | modification of parts (based on Cetacea) |
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| Taphonomy | hydroxylapatite (based on Odontoceti) |
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| Primary Reference (PBDB) | P. Gervais. 1852. Zoologie et Paléontologie Françaises (Animaux Vertébrés) ou Nouvelles Recherches sur les Animaux Vivants et Fossiles de la France [French Zoology and Paleontology (Vertebrate Animals) or New Research on the Living and Fossil Animals of France] 1–3:1-274+ |
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| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoplocetus |
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| Gervais P. , Zoologie et Paléontologie Françaises (Animaux Vertébrés) ou Nouvelles Recherches sur les Animaux Vivants et Fossiles de la France [French Zoology and Paleontology (Vertebrate Animals) or New Research on the Living and Fossil Animals of France] 1–3, 1-274+ |
| Pictet F. -J. , Traité de Paléontologie ou Histoire Naturelle des Animaux Fossiles Considérés dans Leurs Rapports Zoologiques et Géologiques [Treatise of Paleontology or the Natural History of Fossil Animals Considered in their Zoological and Geological Relationships] 1, xiv-584 |
| Leidy J. Notice of some extinct cetaceans, Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 1868, 196-197 |
| Leidy J. The extinct mammalian fauna of Dakota and Nebraska, including an account of some allied forms from other localities, together with a synopsis of the mammalian remains of North America, Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 2, 1-472 |
| Brandt J. F. Untersuchungen über die fossilen und subfossilen cetaceen Europa's, Mémoires de L'Académie Impériale des Sciences de Saint-Petersbourg, Series 7 20 1, 1-372 |
| Van Beneden P. J., Gervais P. , Ostéographie des cétacés vivants et fossiles, comprenant la description et l'iconographie du squelette et du système dentaire de ces animaux; ainsi que des documents relatifs à leur histoire naturelle, 1-634 |
| Deperet C. Vertebres Miocenes de la vallee du Rhone, Archives du Museum d'histoire Naturelle de Lyon 4, 42-291 |
| Lydekker R. , Catalogue of the Fossil Mammalia in the British Museum (Natural History) 5, 1-345 |
| Newton E. T. The vertebrata of the Pliocene deposits of Britain, Memoirs of the Geological Survey of the United Kingdom, 1-137 |
| Paquier V. Etude sur quelques cetaces du Miocene, Memoires Societe Geologique de France 12, 1-20 |
| Trouessart E. L. , Catalogus mammalium tam viventium quam fossilum 5, 665-1264 |
| Hay O. P. (1902) , Bibliography and Catalogue of the Fossil Vertebrata of North America. Bulletin of the United States Geological Survey 179, 1-868 |
| Palmer T. S. (1904) Index generum mammalium: a list of the genera and families of mammals, North American Fauna 23, 1-984 |
| Trouessart E. L. (1904) , Catalogus Mammalium Tam Viventium Quam Fossilium, Fourth Edition, 1-929 |
| Hay O. P. (1930) Second Bibliography and Catalogue of the Fossil Vertebrata of North America, Carnegie Institution of Washington 390 II, 1-1074 |
| Kellogg R. (1944) Fossil Cetaceans from the Florida Tertiary, Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College XCIV 9, 433-471 |
| Simpson G. G. (1945) The principles of classification and a classification of mammals, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 85, 1-350 |
| Sherman H. B. (1952) A list and bibliography of the mammals of Florida, living and extinct, Quarterly Journal of the Florida Academy of Sciences 15 2, 86-126 |
| Carroll R. L. (1988) , Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution, 1-698 |
| McKenna M. C., Bell S. K. (1997) , Classification of Mammals Above the Species Level, 1-640 |
| Kazár E. (2002) Revised phylogeny of the Physeteridae (Mammalia: Cetacea) in light of Placoziphius Van Beneden, 1869 and Aulophyseter Kellogg, 1927, Bulletin de l'Institute Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, Sciences de la Terre 72, 151-170 |
| Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560 |
| Hampe O. (2006) Middle/late Miocene hoplocetine sperm whale remains (Odontoceti: Physeteridae) of North Germany with an emended clasification of Hoplocetinae, Fossil Record 9 1, 61-86 |
| Toscano A., Abad M., et al (2013) Nuevos restos de Scaldicetus (Cetacea, Odontoceti, Physeteridae) del Mioceno superior, sector occidental de la Cuenca del Guadalquivir (sur de España), Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Geologicas 30 2, 436-445 |
| Ormezzano D., Lanzetti A. (2014) I cetacei fossili del Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali di Torino, Museologia Scientifica Memorie 13, 18-24 |
| GBIF/Paleo Database - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera |
| Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera |
| Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363, 1-560. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera |
| Zool. Pal. Franç., 1 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera |
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