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<taxonomicName id="4C63A9F6FF80FFF3EE83F9745B570661" authority="Bisconti & Bosselaers, 2016" authorityName="Bisconti & Bosselaers" authorityYear="2016" box="[970,1133,1781,1802]" class="Mammalia" family="Balaenopteridae" genus="Fragilicetus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Cetacea" pageId="1" pageNumber="451" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus" status="gen. nov.">
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<emphasis id="B9170E67FF80FFF3EE83F9745B570661" box="[970,1133,1781,1802]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="451">FRAGILICETUS</emphasis>
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<taxonomicNameLabel id="A224B31CFF80FFF3E93CF9795BDF0663" box="[1141,1253,1781,1802]" pageId="1" pageNumber="451" rank="genus">GEN. NOV.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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<subSubSection id="C37981FEFF80FFF0EE6DF89A5B8C053C" lastPageId="2" lastPageNumber="452" pageId="1" pageNumber="451" type="diagnosis">
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<paragraph id="8BDCD275FF80FFF0EE6DF89A5E6A02B1" blockId="1.[804,1419,1819,1902]" lastBlockId="2.[166,781,197,984]" lastPageId="2" lastPageNumber="452" pageId="1" pageNumber="451">
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<emphasis id="B9170E67FF80FFF3EE6DF89A5CA10659" box="[804,923,1819,1840]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="451">Diagnosis:</emphasis>
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The diagnosis of
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<taxonomicName id="4C63A9F6FF80FFF3E924F89A5BCF0659" authorityName="Bisconti & Bosselaers" authorityYear="2016" box="[1133,1269,1819,1840]" class="Mammalia" family="Balaenopteridae" genus="Fragilicetus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Cetacea" pageId="1" pageNumber="451" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
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<emphasis id="B9170E67FF80FFF3E924F89A5BCF0659" box="[1133,1269,1819,1840]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="451">Fragilicetus</emphasis>
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includes the presence of eschrichtiid-like and balaenopterid-like features in the same individual.
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<taxonomicName id="4C63A9F6FF80FFF3E99DF8D95A530604" authorityName="Bisconti & Bosselaers" authorityYear="2016" box="[1236,1385,1880,1901]" class="Mammalia" family="Balaenopteridae" genus="Fragilicetus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Cetacea" pageId="1" pageNumber="451" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
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<emphasis id="B9170E67FF80FFF3E99DF8D95A530604" box="[1236,1385,1880,1901]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="451">Fragilicetus</emphasis>
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is distinguished from the other nonbalaenopterid mysticete families based on the presence, in the same individual, of a squamosal bulging into the temporal fossa; posterior projection of the posterolateral corner of the exoccipital; anterior placement of the posterior apex of the lambdoidal crest; squamosal cleft present and v-shaped (turning ventrally at its lateral end); abruptly depressed and flat supraorbital process of the frontal; anterior portion of temporal crest transversely elongated and forming a dorsal roof to the anterior portion of the temporal fossa; very short intertemporal region; infraorbital region of the frontal exposed dorsally between the ascending processes of the maxillae; anterior end of the parietal located more anteriorly than the posterior ends of the ascending process of the maxilla; descending suprameatal surface from the central portion of the periotic to the superior rim of the internal acoustic meatus; endocranial opening of the facial canal separated from the internal acoustic meatus by a thick crista transversa but not prolonged into a groove; triangular anterior process of the periotic; anterior process of the periotic and central portion of periotic on the same plane; groove for VII cranial nerve in posterior process reduced; anteroposteriorly short and flattened posterior process of the periotic.
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<emphasis id="B9170E67FF83FFF0EDEFFB815D64057D" box="[166,606,1023,1045]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="452">
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Discussion:
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<taxonomicName id="4C63A9F6FF83FFF0EC19FC7E5D64057D" authorityName="Bisconti & Bosselaers" authorityYear="2016" box="[336,606,1023,1044]" class="Mammalia" family="Balaenopteridae" genus="Fragilicetus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Cetacea" pageId="2" pageNumber="452" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="velponi">Fragilicetus velponi</taxonomicName>
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belongs to Balaenopteroidea (
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<emphasis id="B9170E67FF83FFF0ECC3FB9F5EF1055A" box="[394,459,1054,1075]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="452">sensu</emphasis>
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<bibRefCitation id="EFF2AF84FF83FFF0EC9EFB9C5C32055A" author="Geisler JH & Sanders AE" box="[471,776,1053,1075]" pageId="2" pageNumber="452" pagination="23 - 129" refId="ref15173" refString="Geisler JH, Sanders AE. 2003. Morphological evidence for the phylogeny of Cetacea. Journal of Mammalian Evolution 10: 23 - 129." type="journal article" year="2003">Geisler & Sanders, 2003</bibRefCitation>
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: Balaenopteroidea is defined as the clade including
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<taxonomicName id="4C63A9F6FF83FFF0EDEFFBDA5E7D0518" authorityName="Ellerman & Morrison-Scott" authorityYear="1951" box="[166,327,1115,1137]" class="Mammalia" family="Eschrichtiidae" kingdom="Animalia" order="Cetacea" pageId="2" pageNumber="452" phylum="Chordata" rank="family">Eschrichtiidae</taxonomicName>
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and
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<taxonomicName id="4C63A9F6FF83FFF0ECC9FBDA5D000518" authorityName="Gray" authorityYear="1864" box="[384,570,1115,1137]" class="Mammalia" family="Balaenopteridae" kingdom="Animalia" order="Cetacea" pageId="2" pageNumber="452" phylum="Chordata" rank="family">Balaenopteridae</taxonomicName>
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, their common ancestor, and all the descendants of this ancestor; see
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<bibRefCitation id="EFF2AF84FF83FFF0EDEFFB195EBE05C7" author="Demere TA & Berta A & McGowen MR" box="[166,388,1176,1198]" pageId="2" pageNumber="452" pagination="99 - 143" refId="ref14650" refString="Demere TA, Berta A, McGowen MR. 2005. The taxonomic and evolutionary history of fossil and modern balaenopteroid mysticetes. Journal of Mammalian Evolution 12: 99 - 143." type="journal article" year="2005">
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Deméré
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<emphasis id="B9170E67FF83FFF0EC4FFB185E0D05C4" box="[262,311,1176,1198]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="452">et al</emphasis>
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., 2005
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for further details) because it has a long and definite ascending process of the maxilla, reduced interorbital region of the frontal, depressed supraorbital process of the frontal, and pars cochlearis of the periotic elongated along both the anteroposterior and transverse axes. The
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of the depression of the supraorbital process of the frontal is different in
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and
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<taxonomicName id="4C63A9F6FF83FFF0EC37FAEF5D0C04ED" authorityName="Gray" authorityYear="1864" box="[382,566,1390,1412]" class="Mammalia" family="Balaenopteridae" kingdom="Animalia" order="Cetacea" pageId="2" pageNumber="452" phylum="Chordata" rank="family">Balaenopteridae</taxonomicName>
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; although it is generally accepted that both families have a depressed supraorbital process of the frontal, the degree of development of the depression is in fact greater in
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<taxonomicName id="4C63A9F6FF83FFF0EDEFFA695E5E0497" authorityName="Gray" authorityYear="1864" box="[166,356,1512,1534]" class="Mammalia" family="Balaenopteridae" kingdom="Animalia" order="Cetacea" pageId="2" pageNumber="452" phylum="Chordata" rank="family">Balaenopteridae</taxonomicName>
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. In
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the supraorbital process of the frontal is abruptly depressed over its whole longitudinal length but in the living
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<taxonomicName id="4C63A9F6FF83FFF0EFCAF9A75E320730" authorityName="Van Beneden & Gervais" authorityYear="1868" class="Mammalia" family="Eschrichtiidae" genus="Eschrichtius" kingdom="Animalia" order="Cetacea" pageId="2" pageNumber="452" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="robustus">
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<emphasis id="B9170E67FF83FFF0EFCAF9A75E320730" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="452">Eschrichtius robustus</emphasis>
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, the depression is evident at the posterior portion of the supraorbital process whereas the more anterior portion is only slightly depressed. The depression of the supraorbital process of the frontal is more balaenopterid-like in the fossil
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, in which the supraorbital process of the frontal is abruptly depressed in a manner that resembles very closely the condition observed in
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<taxonomicName id="4C63A9F6FF83FFF0EF59F89B5DFD0659" authorityName="Gray" authorityYear="1864" box="[528,711,1818,1840]" class="Mammalia" family="Balaenopteridae" kingdom="Animalia" order="Cetacea" pageId="2" pageNumber="452" phylum="Chordata" rank="family">Balaenopteridae</taxonomicName>
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. Some
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<taxonomicName id="4C63A9F6FF83FFF0EDEFF8B85EDA0627" authority="Brandt, 1872" authorityName="Brandt" authorityYear="1872" box="[166,480,1849,1871]" class="Mammalia" family="Cetotheriidae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Cetacea" pageId="2" pageNumber="452" phylum="Chordata" rank="family">Cetotheriidae Brandt, 1872</taxonomicName>
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, such as
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<taxonomicName id="4C63A9F6FF83FFF0EF00F8BB5E7E0604" authority="Kellogg, 1934 b" authorityName="Kellogg" authorityYear="1934" class="Mammalia" family="Tranatocetidae" genus="Mixocetus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Cetacea" pageId="2" pageNumber="452" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="elysius">
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<emphasis id="B9170E67FF83FFF0EF00F8BB5C370627" box="[585,781,1849,1871]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="452">Mixocetus elysius</emphasis>
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<bibRefCitation id="EFF2AF84FF83FFF0EDEFF8D65E7E0604" author="Kellogg R" box="[166,324,1879,1901]" pageId="2" pageNumber="452" pagination="85 - 104" refId="ref15575" refString="Kellogg R. 1934 b. A new cetothere from the Modelo Formation at Los Angeles, California. Contributions in Palaeontology, Carnegie Institution Washington 447: 85 - 104." type="journal article" year="1934">Kellogg, 1934b</bibRefCitation>
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(our observations on
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<emphasis id="B9170E67FF83FFF0EF65F8D95DA40605" box="[556,670,1879,1901]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="452">Mi. elysius</emphasis>
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are based on the photographic illustrations provided by
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<bibRefCitation id="EFF2AF84FF83FFF0E80EFF445CB80190" author="Kellogg R" pageId="2" pageNumber="452" pagination="85 - 104" refId="ref15575" refString="Kellogg R. 1934 b. A new cetothere from the Modelo Formation at Los Angeles, California. Contributions in Palaeontology, Carnegie Institution Washington 447: 85 - 104." type="journal article" year="1934">Kellogg, 1934b</bibRefCitation>
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, in which the reconstructed portions are clearly evident), share the condition observed in
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<emphasis id="B9170E67FF83FFF0E85CFE835C9F005C" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="452">Eschrichtius robustus</emphasis>
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but most of the cetotheriids and basal thalassotherians show a gently descending supraorbital process of the frontal. Hereafter, we use
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to mean
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<taxonomicName id="4C63A9F6FF83FFF0EEE0FEFD5B7C00FB" authorityName="Brandt" authorityYear="1872" box="[937,1094,380,402]" class="Mammalia" family="Cetotheriidae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Cetacea" pageId="2" pageNumber="452" phylum="Chordata" rank="family">Cetotheriidae</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis id="B9170E67FF83FFF0E91BFEFC5B4C00FB" box="[1106,1142,381,402]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="452">s.s.</emphasis>
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of
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<bibRefCitation id="EFF2AF84FF83FFF0E9EAFEFD5CB900D8" author="Bouetel V & de Muizon C" pageId="2" pageNumber="452" pagination="319 - 395" refId="ref14396" refString="Bouetel V, de Muizon C. 2006. The anatomy and relationships of Piscobalaena nana (Cetacea, Mysticeti), a Cetotheriidae s. s. from the early Pliocene of Peru. Geodiversitas 28: 319 - 395." type="journal article" year="2006">Bouetel & de Muizon (2006)</bibRefCitation>
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; see also
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<bibRefCitation id="EFF2AF84FF83FFF0EEA5FE1A5A9900D8" author="El Adli JJ & Demere TA & Boessenecker RW" box="[1004,1443,411,433]" pageId="2" pageNumber="452" pagination="400 - 466" refId="ref14770" refString="El Adli JJ, Demere TA, Boessenecker RW. 2014. Herpetocetus morrowi (Cetacea: Mysticeti), a new species of diminutive baleen whale from the Upper Pliocene (Piacenzian) of California, USA, with observations on the evolution and relationships of the Cetotheriidae. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 170: 400 - 466." type="journal article" year="2014">El Adli, Deméré & Boessenecker (2014)</bibRefCitation>
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and
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<bibRefCitation id="EFF2AF84FF83FFF0EE3CFE385B1100A6" author="Bisconti M" box="[885,1067,441,463]" pageId="2" pageNumber="452" pagination="377 - 395" refId="ref14190" refString="Bisconti M. 2014. Anatomy of a new cetotheriid genus and species from the Miocene of Herentals, Belgium, and the phylogenetic and paleobiogeographic relationships of Cetotheriidae s. s. (Mammalia, Cetacea, Mysticeti). Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 13: 377 - 395." type="journal article" year="2014">Bisconti (2014)</bibRefCitation>
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for discussions on this taxon.
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<taxonomicName id="4C63A9F6FF83FFF0EE75FE595B020084" authorityName="Bisconti & Bosselaers" authorityYear="2016" box="[828,1080,472,493]" class="Mammalia" family="Balaenopteridae" genus="Fragilicetus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Cetacea" pageId="2" pageNumber="452" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="velponi">
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<emphasis id="B9170E67FF83FFF0EE75FE595B020084" box="[828,1080,472,493]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="452">Fragilicetus velponi</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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differs from later-diverging
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<taxonomicName id="4C63A9F6FF83FFF0EE75FE775CC90365" authorityName="Gray" authorityYear="1864" box="[828,1011,502,524]" class="Mammalia" family="Balaenopteridae" kingdom="Animalia" order="Cetacea" pageId="2" pageNumber="452" phylum="Chordata" rank="family">Balaenopteridae</taxonomicName>
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in having a well-developed squamosal bulge, strongly developed exoccipital that projects posterolaterally, and in the lack of a posterior projection of the postglenoid process of the squamosal.
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<taxonomicName id="4C63A9F6FF83FFF0EE75FDF05B3503EF" authorityName="Bisconti & Bosselaers" authorityYear="2016" box="[828,1039,625,646]" class="Mammalia" family="Balaenopteridae" genus="Fragilicetus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Cetacea" pageId="2" pageNumber="452" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="velponi">
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<emphasis id="B9170E67FF83FFF0EE75FDF05B3503EF" box="[828,1039,625,646]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="452">Fragilicetus velponi</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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differs from
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<taxonomicName id="4C63A9F6FF83FFF0E9D3FDF05A0F03EE" authorityName="Ellerman & Morrison-Scott" authorityYear="1951" box="[1178,1333,625,647]" class="Mammalia" family="Eschrichtiidae" kingdom="Animalia" order="Cetacea" pageId="2" pageNumber="452" phylum="Chordata" rank="family">Eschrichtiidae</taxonomicName>
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in having a wide supraorbital process of the frontal, anteriorly compressed supraoccipital, and in the lack of dorsal tubercles on the supraoccipital. It is clearly different from
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<taxonomicName id="4C63A9F6FF83FFF0EE30FD6A5B290268" authorityName="Brandt" authorityYear="1872" box="[889,1043,747,769]" class="Mammalia" family="Cetotheriidae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Cetacea" pageId="2" pageNumber="452" phylum="Chordata" rank="family">Cetotheriidae</taxonomicName>
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in the following characters: (1) the posterior ends of its maxillae do not meet along the midline posteriorly and (2) the posterior ends of its maxillae are not superimposed onto the interorbital region of the frontal.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BDCD275FF83FFF0EE75FC245CBD0291" blockId="2.[828,1443,933,1016]" pageId="2" pageNumber="452">
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<emphasis id="B9170E67FF83FFF0EE75FC245B2602D3" box="[828,1052,933,954]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="452">Etymology: Fragilis</emphasis>
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, Latin, fragile, in reference to the extreme fragility of the
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<typeStatus id="54D86CD7FF83FFF0E911FC425B8302B0" box="[1112,1209,963,985]" pageId="2" pageNumber="452" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
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skull.
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<taxonomicName id="4C63A9F6FF83FFF0E844FC455AA502B0" authority=", Latin" authorityName="Latin" box="[1293,1439,963,985]" class="Mammalia" family="Physeteridae" genus="Cetus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Cetacea" pageId="2" pageNumber="452" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
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<emphasis id="B9170E67FF83FFF0E844FC455A7602B0" box="[1293,1356,964,985]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="452">Cetus</emphasis>
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, Latin
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</taxonomicName>
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, whale.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BDCD275FF83FFF0EE75FBA35B8C053C" blockId="2.[828,1443,1057,1109]" pageId="2" pageNumber="452">
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<emphasis id="B9170E67FF83FFF0EE75FBA35B82055F" box="[828,1208,1057,1079]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="452">
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<typeStatus id="54D86CD7FF83FFF0EE75FBA35C4A055E" box="[828,880,1058,1079]" pageId="2" pageNumber="452">Type</typeStatus>
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species:
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<taxonomicName id="4C63A9F6FF83FFF0EE9FFBA05B82055F" authority="Bisconti & Bosselaers, 2016" authorityName="Bisconti & Bosselaers" authorityYear="2016" box="[982,1208,1057,1078]" class="Mammalia" family="Balaenopteridae" genus="Fragilicetus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Cetacea" pageId="2" pageNumber="452" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="velponi" status="sp. nov.">Fragilicetus velponi</taxonomicName>
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</emphasis>
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<taxonomicNameLabel id="A224B31CFF83FFF0E989FBA05A2D055F" box="[1216,1303,1057,1078]" pageId="2" pageNumber="452" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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This is currently the only included species.
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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</treatment>
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