IRMNG - Basilosaurus Harlan, 1834 †

IRMNG taxon details

Basilosaurus Harlan, 1834 †

IRMNG_ID

1043264 (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:1043264)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Basilosauridae Cope, 1868 †

Synonymised names

Zeuglodon Owen, 1839 † · unaccepted

Zugodon Bronn, 1848 † · unaccepted

Zygodon Owen, 1839 † · unaccepted

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Species Basilosaurus cetoides Beal †

Environment

marine

Fossil range

fossil only

Original description

Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc., (N. S.) 4 (3)
page(s): 403 [details]

Taxonomic citation

IRMNG (2024). Basilosaurus Harlan, 1834 †. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1043264 on 2024-04-19

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2006-09-20 22:00:00Z

created

Rees, Tony

2011-12-31 23:00:00Z

changed

Rees, Tony

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Sources (10)
Notes (1)

original description Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc., (N. S.) 4 (3)
page(s): 403 [details]

basis of record Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. , available online at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ [details]

basis of record SN2000/McKenna & Bell, 1997 [details]

name verified source Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. , available online at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ [details]

current name source Brands, S. J. (compiler). (1989-2005). Systema Naturae 2000. Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2006 version). Originally available online at http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/; for current information, refer http://taxonomicon.taxonomy.nl/ProjectDescription.aspx . [details]

extant flag source Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. <em>Bulletins of American Paleontology.</em> 363, 1-560. [details]

habitat flag source Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. <em>Bulletins of American Paleontology.</em> 363, 1-560. [details]

original description (of Zygodon Owen, 1839 †) Athenaeum, 1839
page(s): 35 [details]

original description (of Zugodon Bronn, 1848 †) Index Palaeont.,
page(s): 1381 [details]

original description (of Zeuglodon Owen, 1839 †) Proc. Geol. Soc. London, 3
page(s): 28 [details]

From other sources

Descriptive info Fossil according to SN2000. Marine, fossil: Tertiary (Sepkoski 2002) [details]