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Archaeocetus

Mammalia - Cetacea

Taxonomy
Archaeocetus was named by Sinzow (1898) [Replacement name for Pachypleurus Brandt 1873, which is preoccupied by Pachypleura White, 1853, a genus of Coleoptera.].

It was synonymized subjectively with Pristinocetus by Trouessart (1898); it was synonymized subjectively with Lissodelphis by McKenna and Bell (1997).

It was assigned to Mysticeti by Sinzow (1898); to Balaenopterinae by Trouessart (1904); to Delphinidae by Palmer (1904); and to Cetacea by Obada (2019).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1898Archaeocetus Sinzow p. 121
1904Archaeocetus Palmer p. 114
1904Archaeocetus Trouessart p. 780
2019Archaeocetus Obada p. 113

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Euungulata
Artiodactylamorpha
Artiodactyla()
Whippomorpha
orderCetacea
genusArchaeocetus

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. †Archaeocetus Sinzow 1898
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available