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Uranocetus ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	8565643	https://www.gbif.org/species/8565643
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	66757	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=66757

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Diorocetidae : Uranocetus

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Cetacea : Uranocetus

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Triploblastica	Lankester 1877
-	Nephrozoa	Jondelius et al. 2002
-	Deuterostomia	Grobben 1908
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1847
subphylum	Vertebrata	Lamarck 1801
superclass	Gnathostomata	Gegenbauer 1874
-	Osteichthyes
-	Sarcopterygii	Romer 1955
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha
-	Tetrapoda
-	Reptiliomorpha	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Anthracosauria	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Batrachosauria
-	Cotylosauria
-	Amniota	Haeckel 1866
-	Synapsida	Osborn 1903
-	Therapsida
infraorder	Cynodontia
-	Epicynodontia	Hopson and Kitching 2001
infraorder	Eucynodontia	Kemp 1982
-	Probainognathia	Hopson 1990
-	Mammaliamorpha	Rowe 1988
-	Mammaliaformes	Rowe 1988
class	Mammalia	Linnaeus 1758
order	Cetacea	Brisson 1762
-	Pelagiceti	Uhen 2008
-	Neoceti	Fordyce and de Muizon 2001
suborder	Mysticeti	Cope 1891
-	Chaeomysticeti
-	Plicogulae	Geisler et al. 2011
superfamily	Balaenopteroidea	Gray 1868
genus	Uranocetus	Steeman 2009

Scientific Name

Uranocetus Steeman, 2009

Name Published In

Article title: A new baleen whale from the Late Miocene of Denmark and early mysticete hearing.

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Uranocetus	genus	belongs to Platanistinae	stated without evidence	Trouessart, 1898
Uranocetus	genus	belongs to Stenodelphinae	stated without evidence	Rovereto, 1915
Uranocetus	genus	belongs to Pontoporiidae	stated without evidence	Cozzuol, 1985
Uranocetus	genus	belongs to Pontoporiinae	stated without evidence	Fordyce and de Muizon, 2001
Uranocetus	genus	belongs to Diorocetidae	stated with evidence	Steeman, 2009
Uranocetus	genus	belongs to Thalassotherii	stated with evidence	Bisconti et al., 2013
Uranocetus	genus	belongs to Balaenopteroidea	stated with evidence	Marx and Fordyce, 2015
Uranocetus	genus	belongs to Chaeomysticeti	stated without evidence	Boessenecker and Fordyce, 2015
Uranocetus	genus	belongs to Cetotheriidae	stated without evidence	Berta, 2017

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

11.6 - 7.2 Ma
Miocene

Last Recorded Appearance

11.6 - 7.2 Ma
Miocene

Environment

marine (based on Mysticeti)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Cetacea)

Diet

carnivore, suspension feeder (based on Mysticeti)

Reproduction

viviparous (based on Cetacea)

Ontogeny

modification of parts (based on Cetacea)

Taphonomy

hydroxylapatite (based on Mysticeti)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

M. E. Steeman. 2009. A new baleen whale from the Late Miocene of Denmark and early mysticete hearing. Palaeontology 52(5):1169-1190

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Uranocetus gramensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	11.6 Ma Miocene	11.6 Ma Miocene

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1898	Uranocetus Trouessart p. 1017
1915	Uranocetus Rovereto p. 143
1985	Uranocetus Cozzuol p. 44
1996	Uranocetus Cozzuol p. 327
2001	Uranocetus Fordyce and de Muizon p. 179
2009	Uranocetus Steeman p. 1170
2013	Uranocetus Bisconti et al.
2015	Uranocetus Boessenecker and Fordyce figs. Table 1
2015	Uranocetus Marx and Fordyce p. 4 figs. Figure 2
2017	Uranocetus Berta p. 168

References

Steeman M. E. (2009) A new baleen whale from the Late Miocene of Denmark and early mysticete hearing, Palaeontology 52 5, 1169-1190

Trouessart E. L. , Catalogus mammalium tam viventium quam fossilum 5, 665-1264

Rovereto C. (1915) Nuevas investigaciones sobre los delfines longirrostros del mioceno del Paraná (República Argentina), Anales del Museo Nacional de Historia Natural de Buenos Aires 27, 139-151

Cozzuol M. A. (1996) The record of aquatic mammals in southern South America, Munchner Geowissenshaftliche Abhandlungen. A, Geoligie und Palaontologie 30, 321-342

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

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

Boessenecker R. W., Fordyce R. E. (2015) A new genus and species of eomysticetid (Cetacea: Mysticeti) and a reinterpretation of ‘Mauicetus’ lophocephalus Marples, 1956: Transitional baleen whales from the upper Oligocene of New Zealand, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society doi:10.1111/zoj.12297

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

Berta A. (2017) , The Rise of Marine Mammals: 50 Million Years of Evolution, 1-198

inferred from original work (title) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

refer original publication - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

www.organismnames.com (Jul 2012) / web search - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Article title: A new baleen whale from the Late Miocene of Denmark and early mysticete hearing. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Palaeontology 52. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

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