Sulakocetus

Sulakocetus
Temporal range: Chattian 28.4–23.03 Ma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Infraorder: Cetacea
Family: incertae sedis
Genus: †Sulakocetus
Mchedlidze, 1976
Species:
†S. dagestanicus
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). Reproductive Biology and Phylogeny of Cetacea: Whales, Porpoises and Dolphins. CRC Press. p. 64. ISBN 9781439842577.
  3. ^ Bulletin du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle: Sciences de la terre, paléontologie, géologie, minéralogie (in French). Le Muséum. 1990. 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). Cetacean Paleobiology. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 9781118561553.


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