| Source Data | |
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| Rank | species |
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Cetacea : Cetotheriidae : Cetotherium : Cetotherium rathkii |
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| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Cetacea : Cetotheriidae : Cetotherium : Cetotherium rathkii |
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| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted |
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Classification
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| Generic Name | Cetotherium |
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| Scientific Name | Cetotherium rathkii Brandt, 1843 |
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| Opinions (PBDB) | | Name | Rank | Opinion | Evidence | Author |
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| Cetotherium rathkii | species | belongs to Cetotherium | stated without evidence | Brandt, 1843 | | Cetotherium rathkii | species | belongs to Cetotherium | stated with evidence | Fordyce, 2003 | | Cetotherium rathkii | species | belongs to Cetotherium | stated without evidence | Bouetel, 2005 | | Cetotherium rathkii | species | belongs to Cetotherium | stated with evidence | Marx, 2011 | | Cetotherium rathkii | species | belongs to Cetotherium | stated without evidence | Bisconti et al., 2013 | | Cetotherium rathkii | species | belongs to Cetotherium | stated with evidence | Goldin and Startsev, 2014 |
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct |
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| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 |
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| First Recorded Appearance | 13.7 - 12.7 Ma
Miocene |
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| Last Recorded Appearance | 11.6 - 7.2 Ma
Miocene |
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| Environment | marine (based on Mysticeti) |
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| Motility | actively mobile (based on Cetacea) |
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| Diet | carnivore, suspension feeder (based on Mysticeti) |
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| Reproduction | viviparous (based on Cetacea) |
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| Ontogeny | modification of parts (based on Cetacea) |
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| Taphonomy | hydroxylapatite (based on Mysticeti) |
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| Primary Reference (PBDB) | J. F. Brandt. 1843. De cetotherio, novo balaenarum familiae genre in Rossia Meridionali ante aliquot annos effoso. Bulletin de La Classe Physico-Mathématique de L'Académie Impérial des Sciences de Saint Pétersberg 1(10-12):145-148 |
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| Brandt J. F. De cetotherio, novo balaenarum familiae genre in Rossia Meridionali ante aliquot annos effoso, Bulletin de La Classe Physico-Mathématique de L'Académie Impérial des Sciences de Saint Pétersberg 1 10-12, 145-148 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Trouessart E. L. (1904) , Catalogus Mammalium Tam Viventium Quam Fossilium, Fourth Edition, 1-929 |
| Abel O. (1938) Vorlaeufige mitteilungen ueber die revision der fossilen mystacoceten aus dem Tertiaer Belgiens, Bulletin du Musee royal d'Histoire naturelle de Belgique 14 1, 1-34 |
| Kimura T., Ozawa T. (2002) A new cetothere (Cetacea: Mysticeti) from the early Miocene of Japan, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 22 3, 684-702 |
| Bouetel V., Muizon C. (2006) The anatomy and relationships of Piscobalaena nanna (Cetacea, Mysticeti), a Cetotheriidae s.s. from the early Pliocene of Peru, Geodiversitas 28 2, 319-395 |
| Uhen M. D., Fordyce R. E., et al (2008) Mysticeti, Evolution of Tertiary Mammals of North America II, 607-628 |
| Marx F. G. (2011) The More the Merrier? A Large Cladistic Analysis of Mysticetes, and Comments on the Transition from Teeth to Baleen, Journal of Mammalian Evolution 18, 77-100 doi:10.1007/s10914-010-9148-4 |
| Tarasenko K. K., Lopatin A. V. (2012) New Baleen Whale Genera (Cetacea, Mammalia) from the Miocene of the Northern Caucasus and Ciscaucasia: 1. Kurdalagonus gen. nov. from the Middle–Late Sarmatian of Adygea, Paleontological Journal 46 5, 531-542 |
| Bisconti M., Lambert O., et al (2013) Taxonomic revision of Isocetus depauwi (Mammalia, Cetacea, Mysticeti) and the phylogenetic relationships of archaic 'cetothere' mysticetes, Palaeontology 56 1, 95-127 doi:10.1111/j.1475-4983.2012.01168.x |
| Goldin P., Startsev D. (2014) Brandtocetus, a new genus of baleen whales (Cetacea, Cetotheriidae) from the late Miocene of Crimea, Ukraine, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 34 2, 419-433 doi:10.1080/02724634.2013.799482 |
| Gol'din P., Steeman M. E. (2015) From problem taxa to problem solver: A new Miocene family, Tranatocetidae, brings perspective on baleen whale evolution, PLoS One 10 9, e0135500 doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0135500 |
| Marx F. G., Fordyce R. E. (2015) Baleen boom and bust: a synthesis of mysticete phylogeny, diversity and disparity, Royal Society Open Science 2, 140434 doi:10.1098/rsos.140434 |
| Marx F. G., Bosselaers M. E. J., et al (2016) A new species of Metopocetus (Cetacea, Mysticeti, Cetotheriidae) from the Late Miocene of the Netherlands, PeerJ 4, e1572 doi:10.7717/peerj.1572 |
| Goldin P., Startsev D. (2017) A systematic review of cetothere baleen whales (Cetacea, Cetotheriidae ) from the Late Miocene of Crimea and Caucasus, with a new genus, Papers in Paleontology 3 1, 49-68 doi:10.1002/spp2.1066 |
Cetotherium rathkii ✝
