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Titanocetus

Index Titanocetus

Titanocetus ("Titano whale") is a genus of extinct cetaceans closely related to the family Cetotheriidae. [1]

23 relations: Baleen, Baleen whale, Bologna, Cetacea, Cetotheriidae, Cetotheriopsis, Genus, Giovanni Capellini, Holotype, Infratemporal fenestra, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, Miocene, Monte Titano, Mount Fumaiolo, Paleontology, Parietal bone, Rorqual, Rostrum (anatomy), San Marino, Serravallian, Skull, Squamosal bone, Type species.

Baleen

Baleen is a filter-feeder system inside the mouths of baleen whales.

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Baleen whale

Baleen whales (systematic name Mysticeti), known earlier as whalebone whales, form a parvorder of the infraorder Cetacea (whales, dolphins and porpoises).

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Bologna

Bologna (Bulåggna; Bononia) is the capital and largest city of the Emilia-Romagna Region in Northern Italy.

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Cetacea

Cetacea are a widely distributed and diverse clade of aquatic mammals that today consists of the whales, dolphins, and porpoises.

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Cetotheriidae

Cetotheriidae is a family of baleen whales (suborder Mysticeti).

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Cetotheriopsis

Cetotheriopsis is a genus of extinct cetaceans of the family Cetotheriopsidae.

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Genus

A genus (genera) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, as well as viruses, in biology.

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Giovanni Capellini

Giovanni Capellini (23 August 1833 – 28 May 1922) was an Italian geologist and paleontologist.

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Holotype

A holotype is a single physical example (or illustration) of an organism, known to have been used when the species (or lower-ranked taxon) was formally described.

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Infratemporal fenestra

An infratemporal fenestra, also called the lateral temporal fenestra is an opening in the skull behind the orbit in some animals.

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Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

The Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology (JVP) was founded in 1980 at the University of Oklahoma by Dr.

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Miocene

The Miocene is the first geological epoch of the Neogene Period and extends from about (Ma).

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Monte Titano

Monte Titano ("Mount Titan") is a mountain of the Apennines and the highest peak in San Marino.

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Mount Fumaiolo

Mount Fumaiolo is a mountain of the northern Apennines range of Italy located in the southern-most corner of the Emilia-Romagna region, c. 70 km from the town of Cesena.

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Paleontology

Paleontology or palaeontology is the scientific study of life that existed prior to, and sometimes including, the start of the Holocene Epoch (roughly 11,700 years before present).

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Parietal bone

The parietal bones are two bones in the human skull which, when joined together at a fibrous joint, form the sides and roof of the cranium.

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Rorqual

Rorquals (Balaenopteridae) are the largest group of baleen whales, a family with nine extant species in two genera.

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Rostrum (anatomy)

In anatomy, the term rostrum (from the Latin rostrum meaning beak) is used for a number of phylogenetically unrelated structures in different groups of animals.

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San Marino

San Marino, officially the Republic of San Marino (Repubblica di San Marino), also known as the Most Serene Republic of San Marino (Serenissima Repubblica di San Marino), is an enclaved microstate surrounded by Italy, situated on the Italian Peninsula on the northeastern side of the Apennine Mountains.

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Serravallian

The Serravallian is in the geologic timescale an age or a stage in the middle Miocene epoch/series, that spans the time between 13.65 ± 0.05 Ma and 11.608 ± 0.005 Ma (million years ago).

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Skull

The skull is a bony structure that forms the head in vertebrates.

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Squamosal bone

The squamosal is a bone of the head of higher vertebrates.

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Type species

In zoological nomenclature, a type species (species typica) is the species name with which the name of a genus or subgenus is considered to be permanently taxonomically associated, i.e., the species that contains the biological type specimen(s).

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titanocetus

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