Vampalus Temporal range:
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Scientific 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.