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Rodhocetus
Taxonomy
Rodhocetus was named by Gingerich et al. (1994) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-m]. Its type is Rodhocetus kasrani. It was considered monophyletic by Uhen et al. (2011).
It was assigned to Cetacea by Sepkoski (2002); to Indocetinae by McLeod and Barnes (2008); to Cetaceamorpha by Spaulding et al. (2009); to Protocetinae by Thewissen et al. (1996), Gingerich et al. (2005) and Gao and Ni (2015); and to Protocetidae by Gingerich et al. (1994), Gingerich et al. (1995), McKenna and Bell (1997), Thewissen et al. (2001), Geisler and Sanders (2003), van Vliet (2004), Clementz et al. (2006), Bianucci and Gingerich (2011), Uhen et al. (2011), Gingerich (2012), Uhen (2014), Gingerich and Cappetta (2014), Marx et al. (2016) and Berta (2017).
It was assigned to Cetacea by Sepkoski (2002); to Indocetinae by McLeod and Barnes (2008); to Cetaceamorpha by Spaulding et al. (2009); to Protocetinae by Thewissen et al. (1996), Gingerich et al. (2005) and Gao and Ni (2015); and to Protocetidae by Gingerich et al. (1994), Gingerich et al. (1995), McKenna and Bell (1997), Thewissen et al. (2001), Geisler and Sanders (2003), van Vliet (2004), Clementz et al. (2006), Bianucci and Gingerich (2011), Uhen et al. (2011), Gingerich (2012), Uhen (2014), Gingerich and Cappetta (2014), Marx et al. (2016) and Berta (2017).
Species
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1994 | Rodhocetus Gingerich et al. |
1995 | Rodhocetus Gingerich et al. |
1996 | Rodhocetus Thewissen et al. p. 71 figs. Figure 31 |
1997 | Rodhocetus McKenna and Bell p. 370 |
2001 | Rodhocetus Thewissen et al. p. 351 figs. Table 1 |
2002 | Rodhocetus Sepkoski |
2003 | Rodhocetus Geisler and Sanders p. 27 |
2004 | Rodhocetus van Vliet p. 143 |
2005 | Rodhocetus Gingerich et al. p. 200 |
2006 | Rodhocetus Clementz et al. p. 359 |
2008 | Rodhocetus McLeod and Barnes p. 93 |
2009 | Rodhocetus Spaulding et al. |
2011 | Rodhocetus Bianucci and Gingerich p. 1174 |
2011 | Rodhocetus Uhen et al. p. 966 figs. Figure 10 |
2012 | Rodhocetus Gingerich p. 313 figs. Figure 4 |
2014 | Rodhocetus Gingerich and Cappetta p. 128 figs. Figure 16 |
2014 | Rodhocetus Uhen p. 1030 |
2015 | Rodhocetus Gao and Ni p. 156 figs. Table 1 |
2016 | Rodhocetus Marx et al. p. 100 |
2017 | Rodhocetus Berta p. 159 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
G. †Rodhocetus Gingerich et al. 1994
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†Rodhocetus balochistanensis Gingerich et al. 2001
†Rodhocetus kasranii Gingerich et al. 1994
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available