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Basilosaurinae (disused)
Taxonomy
Basilosaurinae was named by Miller (1923). It is not extant. It was considered monophyletic by Uhen (2008) and Uhen (2009).
It was considered an invalid subgroup of Basilosauridae by Uhen (2013).
It was assigned to Basilosauridae by Barnes et al. (1985), Fordyce and Barnes (1994), Fordyce et al. (1995), McKenna and Bell (1997), Fordyce and de Muizon (2001), Uhen (2002), van Vliet (2004), Uhen (2004), Bouetel and Muizon (2006), Bianucci and Landini (2007), McLeod and Barnes (2008), Uhen (2008), Fordyce and Roberts (2009), Uhen (2009), El-kheir et al. (2013), Gao and Ni (2015) and Mahdy et al. (2019).
It was considered an invalid subgroup of Basilosauridae by Uhen (2013).
It was assigned to Basilosauridae by Barnes et al. (1985), Fordyce and Barnes (1994), Fordyce et al. (1995), McKenna and Bell (1997), Fordyce and de Muizon (2001), Uhen (2002), van Vliet (2004), Uhen (2004), Bouetel and Muizon (2006), Bianucci and Landini (2007), McLeod and Barnes (2008), Uhen (2008), Fordyce and Roberts (2009), Uhen (2009), El-kheir et al. (2013), Gao and Ni (2015) and Mahdy et al. (2019).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1923 | Basilosaurinae Miller |
1936 | Zeuglodontinae Slijper p. 540 |
1985 | Basilosaurinae Barnes et al. p. 25 |
1994 | Basilosaurinae Fordyce and Barnes p. 428 figs. Table 1 |
1995 | Basilosaurinae Fordyce et al. p. 379 |
1997 | Basilosaurinae McKenna and Bell p. 369 |
2001 | Basilosaurinae Fordyce and de Muizon p. 176 |
2002 | Basilosaurinae Uhen p. 79 |
2004 | Basilosaurinae Uhen p. 12 |
2004 | Basilosaurinae van Vliet p. 143 |
2006 | Basilosaurinae Bouetel and Muizon p. 383 |
2007 | Basilosaurinae Bianucci and Landini p. 45 figs. Table 2.1 |
2008 | Basilosaurinae McLeod and Barnes p. 94 |
2008 | Basilosaurinae Uhen p. 561 |
2009 | Basilosaurinae Fordyce and Roberts p. 553 |
2009 | Basilosaurinae Uhen p. 93 |
2013 | Basilosaurinae El-kheir et al. p. 462 |
2015 | Basilosaurinae Gao and Ni p. 156 figs. Table 1 |
2019 | Basilosaurinae Mahdy 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.
Subfm. †Basilosaurinae Miller 1923
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Invalid names: Zeuglodontinae Slijper 1936 [synonym]
Diagnosis
Reference | Diagnosis | |
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M. D. Uhen 2004 | Basilosaurinae have all of the characters that distinguish Basilosauridae from other archaeocetes and in addition have greatly elongated posterior thoracic, lumbar, and anterior caudal vertebrae. | |
M. D. Uhen 2008 | Basilosaurinae have all of the characters that distinguish Basilosauridae from other archaeocetes and in addition have greatly elongated posterior thoracic, lumbar, and anterior caudal vertebrae. |