Atlanticetus
{{Short description|Extinct genus of whales}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| fossil_range = Early Miocene
~{{fossil range|20.4|16}}
| image = Aglaocetus patulus skull.jpg
| image_caption =A. patulus skull
| taxon = Atlanticetus
| authority = Bisconti et al., 2020
| display_parents = 2
| type_species = †Aglaocetus patulus
| type_species_authority = Kellogg, 1968
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision =
- †A. patulus {{small|(Kellogg, 1968) (type)}}
- †A. lavei {{small|Bisconti et al., 2020}}
}}
Atlanticetus is a genus of extinct baleen whales known from the Early Miocene of Italy and the US Eastern Seaboard.
Species
The type species, Atlanticetus patulus was originally described as Aglaocetus patulus from the Calvert Formation by Remington Kellogg in 1968.R. Kellogg. 1968. "A sharp-nosed cetothere from the Miocene Calvert". Proceedings of the United States National Museum 247(7):163-173. However, it was recovered by Bisconti et al. (2013) in a different phylogenetic position than the Aglaocetus type species Aglaocetus moreni.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. 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.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}}.
References
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Category:Prehistoric cetacean genera
Category:Miocene mammals of Europe
Category:Miocene mammals of North America
Category:Neogene United States
Category:Fossil taxa described in 2020
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