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Parapontoporiidae (disused)
Taxonomy
Parapontoporiinae was named by Barnes (1984).
It was reranked as the family Parapontoporiidae by Cozzuol (2010).
It was assigned to Pontoporiidae by Barnes (1984), Barnes et al. (1985), Vidal (1991), Fordyce and Barnes (1994), Fordyce et al. (1995) and McKenna and Bell (1997); and to Odontoceti by Cozzuol (2010).
It was reranked as the family Parapontoporiidae by Cozzuol (2010).
It was assigned to Pontoporiidae by Barnes (1984), Barnes et al. (1985), Vidal (1991), Fordyce and Barnes (1994), Fordyce et al. (1995) and McKenna and Bell (1997); and to Odontoceti by Cozzuol (2010).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1984 | Parapontoporiinae Barnes p. 6 |
| 1985 | Parapontoporiinae Barnes et al. p. 25 |
| 1991 | Parapontoporiinae Vidal p. 5 figs. Table 2 |
| 1994 | Parapontoporiinae Fordyce and Barnes p. 429 figs. Table 1 |
| 1995 | Parapontoporiinae Fordyce et al. p. 380 |
| 1997 | Parapontoporiinae McKenna and Bell p. 387 |
| 2010 | Parapontoporiidae Cozzuol p. 198 |
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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.
Fm. †Parapontoporiidae Barnes 1984
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available