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Piscocetus

Mammalia - Cetacea

Taxonomy
Piscocetus was named by Pilleri and Pilleri (1989). Its type is Piscocetus sacaco.

It was assigned to Cetotheriidae by Pilleri and Pilleri (1989) and McKenna and Bell (1997); and to Chaeomysticeti by Berta (2017).

Species
P. sacaco (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1989Piscocetus Pilleri and Pilleri
1997Piscocetus McKenna and Bell p. 376
2017Piscocetus Berta

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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
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Artiodactylamorpha
—Artiodactyla()
—Whippomorpha
orderCetacea
—Pelagiceti
—Neoceti
suborderMysticeti
—Chaeomysticeti()
genusPiscocetus

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. †Piscocetus Pilleri and Pilleri 1989
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†Piscocetus sacaco Pilleri and Pilleri 1989
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available