| 词条 | Herpetocetus |
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| fossil_range = {{Temporal range|late Miocene|early Pleistocene}} | image = | image_caption = | taxon = Herpetocetus | authority = van Beneden, 1872 | subdivision_ranks = Species[1] | subdivision = †H. scaldiensis van Beneden, 1872 (type) †H. transatlanticus Whitmore and Barnes, 2008 †H. bramblei Whitmore and Barnes, 2008 †H. morrowi El Adli, Deméré, and Boessenecker, 2014 }} Herpetocetus is a genus of cetotheriid mysticete in the subfamily Herpetocetinae. TaxonomyThere are four recognized species of Herpetocetus: H. scaldiensis,[2] H. transatlanticus,[3] H. bramblei,[3] and H. morrowi.[4] An additional unnamed species from Japan has been referred to the nomen dubium Mizuhoptera sendaicus in the past,[5] but the undiagnostic nature of the holotype of the latter means that it cannot be confidently referred to M. sendaicus.[6] Survival into the PleistoceneA recently discovered specimen of Herpetocetus from the Lower-Middle Pleistocene (Gelasian) Falor Formation of northern California indicates that Herpetocetus survived into the early Pleistocene, shedding light on the diversity of mysticetes in the early Pleistocene.[7] Since other cetotheriids became extinct by the end of the Neogene, it's therefore possible that some Pliocene representatives of Cetotheriidae made it into the Pleistocene to co-exist with extant mysticete species. References1. ^{{Cite web | title = Classification of the family Cetotheriidae | publisher = Fossilwork | url = http://fossilworks.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?taxon_no=42973&action=taxonInfo | accessdate = January 27, 2014}} 2. ^P. J. Van Beneden. 1872. Les Baleines fossiles d'Anvers. Bulletins de L'Academie Royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux-arts 34:6-23 3. ^1 Whitmore, F.C., and L.G. Barnes. 2008. The Herpetocetinae, a new subfamily of extinct baleen whales (Mammalia, Cetacea, Cetotheriidae). In C.E. Ray, D.J. Bohaska, I.A. Koretsky, L.W. Ward, and L.G. Barnes (eds.). Geology and Paleontology of the Lee Creek Mine, North Carolina, IV. Virginia Museum of Natural History Special Publication 14:141–180. 4. ^{{Cite journal|author=Joseph J. El Adli, Thomas A. Deméré and Robert W. Boessenecker |year=2014 |title=Herpetocetus morrowi (Cetacea: Mysticeti), a new species of diminutive baleen whale from the Upper Pliocene (Piacenzian) of California, USA, with observations on the evolution and relationships of the Cetotheriidae |journal=Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society |volume=170 |issue=2 |pages=400–466 |doi=10.1111/zoj.12108 }} 5. ^M. Oishi and Y. Hasegawa. 1995. A list of fossil cetaceans in Japan. The Island Arc 3:493-505 6. ^Boessenecker, R.W. 2011. Herpetocetine (Cetacea:Mysticeti) dentaries from the Upper Miocene Santa Margarita Sandstone of Central California. PaleoBios 30:1:1-12. 7. ^Boessenecker, R.W. 2013. Pleistocene survival of an archaic dwarf baleen whale (Mysticeti: Cetotheriidae). Naturwissenschaften 100:4:365-371. Abstract. External links
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