Vampalus

Extinct genus of mammals

Vampalus Temporal range: Miocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification Edit this 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.

References

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^ K. K. Tarasenko and A. V. Lopatin. 2012. New Baleen Whale Genera (Cetacea, Mammalia) from the Miocene of the Northern Caucasus and Ciscaucasia: 2. Vampalus gen. nov. from the Middle–Late Miocene of Chechnya and Krasnodar Region. Palaeontological Journal 46(6):620-629

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Genera of baleen whales and their extinct allies

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Infraorder: Cetacea

Mysticeti

†Borealodon
†Coronodon
†Imerocetus
†Mioceta ?
†Piscocetus
†Siphonocetus ?
†Tretulias ?
†Ulias ?

†Aetiocetidae

†Llanocetidae

Llanocetus
Mystacodon

†Mammalodontidae

Janjucetus
Mammalodon

Chaeomysticeti

†Eomysticetoidea

Cetotheriopsis
†Eomysticetidae	Eomysticetus Micromysticetus Tohoraata Tokarahia Waharoa Yamatocetus

Balaenomorpha

Balaenidae	†Antwerpibalaena †Archaeobalaena Balaena †Balaenella †Balaenula †Balaenotus Eubalaena †Idiocetus †Mesoteras †Morenocetus †Peripolocetus †Protobalaena

Thalassotherii

†Hibacetus
†Isanacetus
†Isocetus
†Mauicetus
†Pinocetus
†Taikicetus
†Tiphyocetus
†Uranocetus

†Aglaocetidae

Aglaocetus

†Diorocetidae

†Pelocetidae

†Tranatocetidae

Cetotheriidae

†Cephalotropis †Journocetus †Otradnocetus †Palaeobalaena ? †Titanocetus ? †Tiucetus
†Cetotheriinae	Brandtocetus Cetotherium Ciuciulea Eucetotherium Kurdalagonus Mithridatocetus Vampalus Zygiocetus
Herpetocetinae	Caperea †Herentalia †Herpetocetus †Metopocetus †Miocaperea †Nannocetus †Piscobalaena

Balaenopteroidea

†Eobalaenoptera
Balaenopteridae	†Archaebalaenoptera †Archaeschrichtius Balaenoptera †Burtinopsis ? †Cetoteriophanes †Diunatans †Eschrichtioides Eschrichtius †Gricetoides †Incakujira Megaptera †Megapteropsis ? †Miobalaenoptera †Nehalaennia †Notiocetus †Parabalaenoptera †Plesiobalaenoptera †Plesiocetus †Praemegaptera †Protororqualus