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Saghacetus
Taxonomy
Saghacetus was named by Gingerich (1992) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-u Sepkoski's reference number: 1009]. Its type is Saghacetus osiris.
It was assigned to Cetacea by Sepkoski (2002); to Dorudontinae by Gingerich (1992), McKenna and Bell (1997), Uhen (1998), Uhen (2002), van Vliet (2004), Uhen (2004), McLeod and Barnes (2008), Uhen (2009), Schouten (2011) and Gao and Ni (2015); and to Basilosauridae by Martinez-Cáceres and Muizon (2011), Uhen (2013), Marx et al. (2016), Martínez-Cáceres et al. (2017), Berta (2017) and Uhen (2018).
It was assigned to Cetacea by Sepkoski (2002); to Dorudontinae by Gingerich (1992), McKenna and Bell (1997), Uhen (1998), Uhen (2002), van Vliet (2004), Uhen (2004), McLeod and Barnes (2008), Uhen (2009), Schouten (2011) and Gao and Ni (2015); and to Basilosauridae by Martinez-Cáceres and Muizon (2011), Uhen (2013), Marx et al. (2016), Martínez-Cáceres et al. (2017), Berta (2017) and Uhen (2018).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1992 | Saghacetus Gingerich p. 73 figs. Table 1 |
| 1997 | Saghacetus McKenna and Bell p. 369 |
| 1998 | Saghacetus Uhen p. 39 |
| 2002 | Saghacetus Sepkoski |
| 2002 | Saghacetus Uhen p. 79 |
| 2004 | Saghacetus Uhen p. 12 |
| 2004 | Saghacetus van Vliet p. 143 |
| 2008 | Saghacetus McLeod and Barnes p. 93 |
| 2009 | Saghacetus Uhen p. 93 |
| 2011 | Saghacetus Martinez-Cáceres and Muizon |
| 2011 | Saghacetus Schouten p. 18 |
| 2013 | Saghacetus Uhen p. 4 figs. Figure 9 |
| 2015 | Saghacetus Gao and Ni p. 156 figs. Table 1 |
| 2016 | Saghacetus Marx et al. p. 101 |
| 2017 | Saghacetus Berta p. 159 |
| 2017 | Saghacetus Martínez-Cáceres et al. p. 11 |
| 2018 | Saghacetus Uhen |
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G. †Saghacetus Gingerich 1992
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†Saghacetus osiris Dames 1894
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Invalid names: Dorudon elliotsmithii Dart 1923 [synonym], Dorudon sensitivus Dart 1923 [synonym], Dorudon zitteli Stromer 1903 [synonym]
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
|---|---|---|
| P. D. Gingerich 1992 | Saghacetus differs from Dorudon and all other archaeocetes in having thoracic vertebrae normally proportioned but posterior lumbars and anterior caudals distinctly long in comparison to centrum height and breadth. |