Eomysticetus whitmorei

Taxonavigation

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Taxonavigation: Cetacea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Cladus: Synapsida
Cladus: Eupelycosauria
Cladus: Sphenacodontia
Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea
Cladus: Therapsida
Cladus: Theriodontia
Cladus: Cynodontia
Cladus: Eucynodontia
Cladus: Probainognathia
Cladus: Prozostrodontia
Cladus: Mammaliaformes
Classis: Mammalia
Subclassis: Trechnotheria
Infraclassis: Zatheria
Supercohors: Theria
Cohors: Eutheria
Infraclassis: Placentalia
Cladus: Boreoeutheria
Superordo: Laurasiatheria
Cladus: Scrotifera
Cladus: Ferungulata
Cladus: Euungulata
Ordo: Artiodactyla
Cladus: Artiofabula
Cladus: Cetruminantia
Cladus: Cetancodontamorpha
Subordo: Whippomorpha
Cladus: Cetaceamorpha
Infraordo: Cetacea

Familia: †Eomysticetidae
Genus: †Eomysticetus
Species: †Eomysticetus whitmorei

Name

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Eomysticetus whitmorei Sanders & Barnes, 2002: 315

Holotype: ChM PV4253

Type locality: "South Carolina, Dorchester County, Greenhurst Subdivision, west bank of drainage ditch at junction with Chandler Bridge Creek, 0.16 km southwest of Jamison Road (County Road 377), approximately 32°52'54"N and 80°09'30"W"; 5.7 m a.s.l.

Eponymy: Frank C. Whitmore, Jr. [Sanders & Barnes, 2002: 317]

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