Vampalus

Extinct genus of mammals

Vampalus
Temporal range: Miocene
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Scientific classification Edit this 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

  1. ^ 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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Aetiocetidae
Llanocetidae
Mammalodontidae
Chaeomysticeti
Eomysticetoidea
Eomysticetidae
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Aetiocetus cotylalveus Janjucetus hunderi Horopeta umarere Parietobalaena yamaokai
Taxon identifiers
Vampalus


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