Biology:Sulakocetus

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Short description: Extinct genus of mammals

Sulakocetus
Temporal range: Chattian 28.4–23.03 Ma
Scientific classification edit
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Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: Chordata
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Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: Sulakocetus
Mchedlidze, 1976
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Binomial name
Sulakocetus dagestanicus
Mchedlidze, 1976

Sulakocetus is an extinct genus of toothed whale. It was first described by G.A. Mchedlidze in 1976 with the type species S. dagestanicus.[1] Initially classified as part of family Waipatiidae,[2] further research has called its taxonomic placement into question. A review in 1990 indicated that it should be excluded from the superfamily Platanistoidea.[3] A further assessment in 2016 stated that it should not be classified with the Waipatiidae, and left its status for further review, essentially rendering it incertae sedis.[4]

References

  1. G. A. Mchedlidze. 1976. Osnovnye Cherty Paleobiologischeskoi Istorii Kitoobraznykh.
  2. Miller, Debra Lee (2016-04-19) (in en). Reproductive Biology and Phylogeny of Cetacea: Whales, Porpoises and Dolphins. CRC Press. pp. 64. ISBN 9781439842577. https://books.google.com/books?id=sD3NBQAAQBAJ&q=genus+Sulakocetus&pg=PA64. 
  3. (in fr) Bulletin du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle: Sciences de la terre, paléontologie, géologie, minéralogie. Le Muséum. 1990. https://books.google.com/books?id=BTYcAQAAMAAJ&q=genus+Sulakocetus. "Sulakocetus should perhaps be regarded as an Odontoceti incertae sedis but, in any case, it should not be referred to the super-family Platanistoidea, to which belongs the family Squalodontidae." 
  4. Marx, Felix G.; Lambert, Olivier; Uhen, Mark D. (2016-03-29) (in en). Cetacean Paleobiology. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 9781118561553. https://books.google.com/books?id=s-vbCwAAQBAJ&q=Sulakocetus&pg=PT313. 

Wikidata ☰ Q7635982 entry