| Source Data | |
|---|
| Rank | genus |
|---|
| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Cetacea : Remingtonocetidae : Nannolithax |
|---|
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Cetacea : Nannolithax |
|---|
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted |
|---|
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF) | |
|---|
| Scientific Name | Nannolithax Kellogg, 1931 |
|---|
| Name Published In | Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., (4) 19 |
|---|
| Opinions (PBDB) | | Name | Rank | Opinion | Evidence | Author |
|---|
| Nannolithax | genus | belongs to Delphinidae | stated without evidence | Kellogg, 1931 | | Nannolithax | genus | belongs to Odontoceti | stated without evidence | Barnes, 1977 | | Nannolithax | genus | belongs to Delphinoidea | stated without evidence | de Muizon, 1988 | | Nannolithax | genus | belongs to Odontoceti | implied | Carroll, 1988 | | Nannolithax | genus | belongs to Kentriodontidae | stated without evidence | Bianucci and Varola, 1994 | | Nannolithax | genus | belongs to Autoceta | implied | McKenna and Bell, 1997 | | Nannolithax | genus | belongs to Delphinoidea | stated without evidence | Fordyce and de Muizon, 2001 | | Nannolithax | genus | belongs to Cetacea | second hand | Sepkoski, 2002 | | Nannolithax | genus | belongs to Delphinida | stated without evidence | Uhen et al., 2008 | | Nannolithax | genus | belongs to Odontoceti | stated without evidence | Whitmore and Kaltenbach, 2008 |
|
|---|
| Status (PBDB) | extinct |
|---|
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 2 |
|---|
| First Recorded Appearance | 23.0 - 13.8 Ma
Miocene |
|---|
| Last Recorded Appearance | 13.8 - 7.2 Ma
Miocene |
|---|
| Environment | marine,freshwater (based on Odontoceti) |
|---|
| Motility | actively mobile (based on Cetacea) |
|---|
| Diet | carnivore (based on Odontoceti) |
|---|
| Reproduction | viviparous (based on Odontoceti) |
|---|
| Ontogeny | modification of parts (based on Cetacea) |
|---|
| Taphonomy | hydroxylapatite (based on Odontoceti) |
|---|
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | R. Kellogg. 1931. Pelagic mammals of the Temblor Formation of the Kern River region, California. Proceedings of the California Academy of Science 19(12):217-397 |
|---|
| Kellogg R. (1931) Pelagic mammals of the Temblor Formation of the Kern River region, California, Proceedings of the California Academy of Science 19 12, 217-397 |
| Simpson G. G. (1945) The principles of classification and a classification of mammals, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 85, 1-350 |
| Ginsburg L., Janvier P. (1971) Les mamiferes marins des faluns miocenes de la Touraine et de l'Anjou, Bulletin du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Sciences de la Terre 6 22, 161-195 |
| Ginsburg L., Janvier P. (1975) Les mammiferes marins des faluns de la Touraine et de l'Anjou: faune, gisements et paleobiologie, Bulletin Society E. sci. Anjou, N. S. 9, 73-96 |
| Barnes L. G. (1977) Outline of eastern North Pacific fossil cetacean assemblages, Systematic Zoology 25 4, 321-343 |
| Carroll R. L. (1988) , Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution, 1-698 |
| de Muizon C. (1988) Les relations phylogenetiques des Delphinida (Cetacea, Mammalia), Annales de Paleontologie 74 4, 159-227 |
| Bianucci G., Varola A. (1994) Kentriodontidae (Odontoceti, Cetacea) from Miocene sediments of the Pietra Leccese (Apulia, Italy), Atti della Societa Toscana di Scienze Naturali Memorie Serie A 101, 201-212 |
| McKenna M. C., Bell S. K. (1997) , Classification of Mammals Above the Species Level, 1-640 |
| Fordyce R. E., de Muizon C. (2001) Evolutionary history of the cetaceans: a review, Secondary Adaptations of Tetrapods to Life in the Water, 169-233 |
| Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560 |
| Uhen M. D., Fordyce R. E., et al (2008) Odontoceti, Evolution of Tertiary Mammals of North America II, 566-606 |
| Whitmore F. C., Kaltenbach J. A. (2008) Neogene Cetacea of the Lee Creek Phosphate Mine, North Carolina, Virginia Museum of Natural History Special Publication 14, 181-269 |
| 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 |
| SN2000/McKenna & Bell, 1997 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera |
| SN2000: Brands, S. J. (compiler) 1989-2005. Systema Naturae 2000. Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2006 version). Available online at http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/. - 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 |
| Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., (4) 19 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera |
Nannolithax ✝
