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Taxonomy
Thalassotherii was named by Bisconti et al. (2013).
It was assigned to Chaeomysticeti by Bisconti et al. (2019); and to Balaenomorpha by Bisconti et al. (2013), Bisconti (2014), Bisconti and Bosselaers (2016), Berta (2017), Bisconti and Bosselaers (2020) and Bisconti et al. (2021).
It was assigned to Chaeomysticeti by Bisconti et al. (2019); and to Balaenomorpha by Bisconti et al. (2013), Bisconti (2014), Bisconti and Bosselaers (2016), Berta (2017), Bisconti and Bosselaers (2020) and Bisconti et al. (2021).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1859 | Plesiocetus burtinii Van Beneden p. 141 |
| 1872 | Cetotherium burtinii Van Beneden p. 18 |
| 1873 | Cetotherium (Plesiocetopsis) burtinii Brandt p. 146 |
| 1874 | Heterocetus burtinii Vanden Broeck p. 198 |
| 1880 | Plesiocetus burtini Van Beneden p. 19 |
| 1885 | Plesiocetus burtinii Van Beneden p. 35 |
| 1887 | Cetotherium burtini Lydekker p. 44 |
| 1898 | Plesiocetus burtinii Trouessart p. 1073 |
| 1901 | Heterocetus burtini Abel p. 42 |
| 1904 | Plesiocetus burtini Trouessart p. 780 |
| 2007 | Aglaocetidae Steeman p. 880 |
| 2007 | Diorocetidae Steeman p. 880 |
| 2007 | Pelocetidae Steeman p. 880 |
| 2007 | Aglaocetidae Steeman p. 885 |
| 2007 | Pelocetidae Steeman p. 885 |
| 2007 | Diorocetidae Steeman p. 886 |
| 2009 | Aglaocetidae Rice p. 235 figs. Table 1 |
| 2009 | Diorocetidae Rice p. 235 figs. Table 1 |
| 2009 | Pelocetidae Rice p. 235 figs. Table 1 |
| 2010 | Aglaocetidae Steeman p. 65 |
| 2010 | Aglaocetus burtinii Steeman p. 65 |
| 2010 | Diorocetidae Steeman p. 70 |
| 2010 | Pelocetidae Steeman p. 72 |
| 2013 | Thalassotherii Bisconti et al. p. 98 |
| 2014 | Thalassotherii Bisconti |
| 2016 | Thalassotherii Bisconti and Bosselaers p. 451 |
| 2017 | Thalassotherii Berta p. 168 |
| 2019 | Thalassotherii Bisconti et al. p. 7 |
| 2020 | Thalassotherii Bisconti and Bosselaers p. 9 |
| 2021 | Thalassotherii Bisconti et al. |
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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.
Superfm. †Thalassotherii Bisconti et al. 2013
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G. †Atlanticetus Bisconti et al. 2021
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†Atlanticetus laevi Rule et al. 2020
†Atlanticetus lavei Bisconti et al. 2021
†Atlanticetus patulus Kellogg 1968
Fm. Balaenopteridae Gray 1864 [rorqual]
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G. †Archaebalaenoptera Bisconti 2007
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†Archaebalaenoptera castriarquati Bisconti 2007
†Archaebalaenoptera eusebioi Bisconti et al. 2022
†Archaebalaenoptera liesselensis Bisconti et al. 2020
G. Balaenoptera Lacépède 1804 [rorqual]
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Balaenoptera acutorostrata Lacépède 1804 [minke whale]
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Invalid names: Balaena rostrata Fabricius 1780 [synonym], Pterobalaena minor Eschricht 1849 [synonym], Rorqualus boops Cuvier 1836 [synonym], Rorqualus minor Hamilton 1837 [synonym], Sibbaldius mondinii Capellini 1877 [synonym]
Balaenoptera borealis Lesson 1828 [sei whale]
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Balaenoptera swinhoei alba Giglioli 1870
Invalid names: Balaenoptera iwasi Gray 1846 [synonym], Balaenoptera laticeps Gray 1864 [synonym], Balaenoptera schlegeli swinhoei Gray 1866 [synonym], Sibbaldius schlegelii Gray 1864 [synonym]
Balaenoptera brydei Olsen 1913 [Bryde's whale]
†Balaenoptera cephalus Cope 1867
†Balaenoptera davidsonii Cope 1872
Balaenoptera edeni Anderson 1879 [Eden's whale]
Balaenoptera musculus Linnaeus 1758 [blue whale]
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Invalid names: Balaenoptera australis Gray 1846 [synonym], Balaenoptera brevicauda Ichihara 1966 [synonym], Balaenoptera indica Blyth 1842 [synonym], Balaenoptera intermedia Burmeister 1871 [synonym], Balaenoptera jubartes Lacépède 1804 [synonym], Balaenoptera sulfureus Cope 1869 [synonym], Cuvierius latirostris Flower 1864 [synonym], Physalus sibbaldii Gray 1847 [synonym], Sibbaldius antarcticus Burmeister 1865 [synonym], Sibbaldius sulfureus Scammon and Cope 1869 [synonym], Sibbaldus borealis Gray 1864 [synonym]
Balaenoptera omurai Wada 2003
Balaenoptera physalus Linnaeus 1758 [fin whale]
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Invalid names: Balaena antiquorum Fischer 1829 [synonym], Balaena sulcata Neill 1811 [synonym], Balaena sulcata arctica Schlegel 1841 [invalid subgroup], Balaenoptera antiquorum Gray 1846 [synonym], Balaenoptera blythi Anderson 1879 [synonym], Balaenoptera boops Linnaeus 1758 [synonym], Balaenoptera copei Elliot 1901 [synonym], Balaenoptera gibbar Lacépède 1804 [synonym], Balaenoptera patachonica Burmeister 1865 [objective synonym], Balaenoptera patachonicha tschudii Reichenbach 1846 [synonym], Balaenoptera quoyi Fisher 1829 [synonym], Balaenoptera rorqual Lacépède 1804 [synonym], Balaenoptera velifera Scammon and Cope 1869 [synonym], Benedenia knoxii Gray 1864 [synonym], Physalus brasiliensis Gray 1846 [synonym], Physalus duguidii Gray 1864 [synonym], Physalus fasciatus Gray 1850 [synonym], Physalus patachonicus Burmeister 1865 [synonym], Sibbaldius tectirostris Scammon and Cope 1869 [synonym], Sibbaldius tuberosus Scammon and Cope 1869 [synonym], Swinhoia chinensis Gray 1868 [synonym]
Balaenoptera ricei Rosel et al. 2021 [Rice's whale]
†Balaenoptera siberi Pilleri 1989
†Balaenoptera sursiplana Cope 1895
Invalid names: Balaenoptera andrejewi Anonymous 1888 [nomen nudum], Balaenoptera fasciata Gray 1846 [nomen dubium], Balaenoptera grimmi Anonymous 1888 [nomen nudum], Balaenoptera ryani Hanna and McLellan 1924 [invalid subgroup], Benedenia Gray 1864 [synonym], Cuvierius Gray 1866 [synonym], Mysticetus Wagler 1830 [synonym], Physalis Fleming 1822 [synonym], Physalus Gray 1821 [objective synonym], Pterobalaena Eschricht 1849 [synonym], Rorqualus Cuvier 1836 [synonym], Rudolphius Gray 1866 [synonym], Sibbaldus Flower 1865 [synonym], Swinhoia Gray 1868 [synonym]
Subfm. Eschrichtiinae Ellerman and Morrisson-Scott 1951 [gray whale]
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Invalid names: Eschrichtiinae Ellerman and Morrisson-Scott 1951 [empty], Eschrichtiinae Ellerman and Morrisson-Scott 1951 [empty]
G. †Incakujira Marx and Kohno 2016
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†Incakujira anillodefuego Marx and Kohno 2016
†Incakujira fordycei Kimura and Hasegawa 2024
G. †Marzanoptera Bisconti et al. 2021
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†Marzanoptera bertae Boessenecker 2013
†Marzanoptera tersillae Bisconti et al. 2021
G. Megaptera Gray 1846 [humpback whale]
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Subg. Megaptera (Eschrichtius) Gray 1864 [gray whale]
†Megaptera brachychira Cope 1868
†Megaptera hubachi Dathe 1983
†Megaptera mysticetoides Emmons 1858
Megaptera novaeangliae Brisson 1762 [humpback whale]
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Invalid names: Balaena allamack Gray 1846 [synonym], Balaena atlanticus Hurdis 1897 [synonym], Balaena boops Fabricius 1780 [synonym], Balaena lalandii Fischer 1829 [synonym], Balaena longimana Rudolphi 1832 [synonym], Balaenoptera antarctica Temminck 1841 [synonym], Balaenoptera astrolabae Pucheran 1853 [synonym], Balaenoptera capensis Smith 1835 [synonym], Balaenoptera leucopteron Lesson 1842 [synonym], Balaenoptera syncondylus Muller 1863 [synonym], Kyphobalaena keporkak Van Beneden 1868 [synonym], Megaptera americana Gray 1846 [synonym], Megaptera bellicosa Cope 1871 [synonym], Megaptera braziliensis Cope 1867 [synonym], Megaptera burmeisteri Gray 1866 [synonym], Megaptera gigas Cope 1865 [synonym], Megaptera indica Gervais 1883 [synonym], Megaptera kuzira Gray 1850 [synonym], Megaptera lalandii Gray 1864 [synonym], Megaptera longipinna Gray 1846 [synonym], Megaptera nodosa Bonnaterre 1789 [synonym], Megaptera novaezelandiae Gray 1864 [synonym], Megaptera osphyia Cope 1865 [synonym], Megaptera poeskop Gray 1846 [synonym], Megaptera versabilis Scammon and Cope 1869 [synonym], Poescopia lalandii Gray 1866 [synonym], Rorqualus antarcticus Cuvier 1836 [synonym]
Invalid names: Cyphobalaena Marschall 1873 [synonym], Kyphobalaena Eschricht [synonym], Perqualus Gray 1846 [synonym], Poescopia Gray 1864 [synonym]
G. †Miobalaenoptera Tanaka and Watanabe 2019
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†Miobalaenoptera numataensis Tanaka and Watanabe 2019
G. †Notiocetus Ameghino 1891
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†Notiocetus platensis Ameghino 1891
†Notiocetus romerianus Ameghino 1891
G. †Protororqualus Bisconti 2007
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†Protororqualus cuvieri Fischer 1829
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†Balaenoptera cuvieri portisi Sacco 1890
Invalid names: Cetotherium (Cetotheriophanes) cuvieri Brandt 1873 [synonym]
†Protororqualus dyticus Cabrera 1926
†Protororqualus wilfriedneesi Bisconti and Bosselaers 2020
Invalid names: Balaena affinis Owen 1843 [invalid subgroup], Balaena definata Owen 1843 [nomen dubium], Balaena emarginata Owen 1843 [nomen dubium], Balaena gibbosa Owen 1843 [nomen dubium], Balaenoptera borealina Van Beneden 1880 [nomen dubium], Balaenoptera garopii Van Beneden 1859 [nomen dubium], Balaenoptera musculoides Van Beneden 1880 [nomen dubium], Balaenoptera portisii Sacco 1890 [invalid subgroup], Balaenoptera rostratella Van Beneden 1880 [nomen dubium], Balaenoptera sibbaldina Van Beneden 1880 [nomen dubium], Balaenoptera taiwanica Huang 1966 [invalid subgroup], Delphinus brachyspondylus Brandt 1873 [invalid subgroup], Hadrosaurus tripos Cope 1869 [nomen dubium], Megaptera affinis Van Beneden 1880 [nomen dubium], Megapterinae Flower 1865 [empty], Megapteropsis robusta Van Beneden 1872 [nomen dubium], Palaeocetidae Seeley 1865 [synonym], Parabalaenopterinae Zeigler et al. 1997 [empty], Praemegapterinae Behrmann 1995 [empty]
Invalid names: Aglaocetidae Steeman 2007 [invalid subgroup], Diorocetidae Steeman 2007 [invalid subgroup], Pelocetidae Steeman 2007 [invalid subgroup], Plesiocetus burtinii Van Beneden 1859 [nomen dubium]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available