Vampalus
Extinct genus of mammals
Vampalus Temporal range: Miocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Artiodactyla |
Infraorder: | Cetacea |
Family: | Cetotheriidae |
Genus: | †Vampalus Tarasenko and Lopatin, 2012 |
Species | |
†V. sayasanicus Tarasenko and Lopatin, 2012 (type) |
Vampalus is a genus of cetotheriid mysticete from Miocene (Tortonian) marine deposits in the Russian Caucasus.[1] The type species, V. sayasanicus, is based on PIN 5341/1, a complete skeleton. The cetotheriid Eucetotherium helmersonii was mistakenly assigned to Vampalus by Tarasenko and Lopatin, who were unaware that Kellogg (1931) fixed "Cetotherium" helmersonii as the Eucetotherium type species.
References
- ^ K. K. Tarasenko and A. V. Lopatin. 2012. New Baleen Whale Genera (Cetacea, Mammalia) from the Miocene of the Northern Caucasus and Ciscaucasia: 2. Vampalus gen. nov. from the Middle–Late Miocene of Chechnya and Krasnodar Region. Palaeontological Journal 46(6):620-629
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Genera of baleen whales and their extinct allies
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Class: Mammalia
- Order: Artiodactyla
- Infraorder: Cetacea
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