Atlanticetus

Atlanticetus; Temporal range: Early Miocene; ~20.4–16 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
	A. patulus skull
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Artiodactyla
Infraorder:	Cetacea
Parvorder:	Mysticeti
Clade:
Genus:	†Atlanticetus; Bisconti et al., 2020
Type species
	†Aglaocetus patulus; Kellogg, 1968
Species
	†A. patulus (Kellogg, 1968) (type); †A. lavei Bisconti et al., 2020;

Atlanticetus is a genus of extinct mysticete known from the Early Miocene of Italy and the US Eastern Seaboard.^[1]^[2] As of February 2021, the genus was not accepted by the Paleobiology Database.^[3]

Species[]

The type species, Atlanticetus patulus was originally described as Aglaocetus patulus from the Calvert Formation by Remington Kellogg in 1968.^[4] However, it was recovered by Bisconti et al. (2013) in a different phylogenetic position than the Aglaocetus type species Aglaocetus moreni.^[1] In 2020, A. patulus was made the type species of a new genus Atlanticetus. A second species, A. lavei, is known from the early Miocene Gruppo Pietra da Cantoni of Piedmont, Italy.^[2]

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b M. Bisconti, O. Lambert, and M. Bosselaers. 2013. "Taxonomic revision of Isocetus depauwi (Mammalia, Cetacea, Mysticeti) and the phylogenetic relationships of archaic 'cetothere' mysticetes". Palaeontology 56(1):95-127.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Bisconti, M., Damarco, P., Mao, S., Pavia, M. and Carnevale, G. (2020). "The earliest baleen whale from the Mediterranean: large‐scale implications of an early Miocene thalassotherian mysticete from Piedmont, Italy". Papers in Palaeontology. doi:10.1002/spp2.1336.
^ "Search for "Atlanticetus"". Fossilworks Gateway to the Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 2021-02-17.
^ R. Kellogg. 1968. "A sharp-nosed cetothere from the Miocene Calvert". Proceedings of the United States National Museum 247(7):163-173.

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[Bisc13-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b M. Bisconti, O. Lambert, and M. Bosselaers. 2013. "Taxonomic revision of Isocetus depauwi (Mammalia, Cetacea, Mysticeti) and the phylogenetic relationships of archaic 'cetothere' mysticetes". Palaeontology 56(1):95-127.

[Bisc20-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b Bisconti, M., Damarco, P., Mao, S., Pavia, M. and Carnevale, G. (2020). "The earliest baleen whale from the Mediterranean: large‐scale implications of an early Miocene thalassotherian mysticete from Piedmont, Italy". Papers in Palaeontology. doi:10.1002/spp2.1336.

[3] "Search for "Atlanticetus"". Fossilworks Gateway to the Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 2021-02-17.

[4] R. Kellogg. 1968. "A sharp-nosed cetothere from the Miocene Calvert". Proceedings of the United States National Museum 247(7):163-173.

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Atlanticetus Temporal range: Early Miocene ~20.4–16 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓

A. patulus skull
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Artiodactyla
Infraorder:	Cetacea
Parvorder:	Mysticeti
Clade:
Genus:	†Atlanticetus Bisconti et al., 2020
Type species
†Aglaocetus patulus Kellogg, 1968
Species
†A. patulus (Kellogg, 1968) (type) †A. lavei Bisconti et al., 2020