Perucetus colossus

Perucetus colossus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Archaeoceti

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: Euungulata Ordo: Artiodactyla Cladus: Artiofabula Cladus: Cetruminantia Subordo: Whippomorpha Infraordo: Cetacea Cladus: †Archaeoceti

Familia: †Basilosauridae
Genus: †Perucetus
Species: †Perucetus colossus

Name

Perucetus colossus Bianucci, Lambert, Urbina, Merella, Collareta, Bennion, Salas-Gismondi, Benites-Palomino, Post, de Muizon, Bosio, Di Celma, Malinverno, Pierantoni, Villa & Amson, 2023: 825

• Holotype: MUSM 3248.
• Type locality: “the upper part of the Yumaque member of the Paracas Formation exposed in the Ica valley a few kilometres south of the Zamaca locality, Ica Province, southern Peru”.

References

Primary references

• Bianucci, G., Lambert, O., Urbina, M., Merella, M., Collareta, A., Bennion, R., Salas-Gismondi, R., Benites-Palomino, A., Post, K., de Muizon, C., Bosio, G., Di Celma, C., Malinverno, E., Pierantoni, P.P., Villa, I.M. & Amson, E. 2023. A heavyweight early whale pushes the boundaries of vertebrate morphology. Nature 620: 824–829. DOI: 10.1038/s41586-023-06381-1 Reference page.