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Basiloterus
Taxonomy
Basiloterus was named by Gingerich et al. (1997). It was considered monophyletic by Martinez-Cáceres and Muizon (2011).
It was considered a nomen dubium by Uhen (2013).
It was assigned to Basilosaurinae by Gingerich et al. (1997), Uhen (1998), Uhen (2002), van Vliet (2004), Uhen (2004), McLeod and Barnes (2008), Uhen (2009), Schouten (2011), Gao and Ni (2015); and to Basilosauridae by Gingerich et al. (1997), Thewissen et al. (2001), Martinez-Cáceres and Muizon (2011), Goldin and Zvonok (2013), Marx et al. (2016), Martínez-Cáceres et al. (2017), Berta (2017).
It was considered a nomen dubium by Uhen (2013).
It was assigned to Basilosaurinae by Gingerich et al. (1997), Uhen (1998), Uhen (2002), van Vliet (2004), Uhen (2004), McLeod and Barnes (2008), Uhen (2009), Schouten (2011), Gao and Ni (2015); and to Basilosauridae by Gingerich et al. (1997), Thewissen et al. (2001), Martinez-Cáceres and Muizon (2011), Goldin and Zvonok (2013), Marx et al. (2016), Martínez-Cáceres et al. (2017), Berta (2017).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1997 | Basiloterus Gingerich et al. |
| 1998 | Basiloterus Uhen |
| 2001 | Basiloterus Thewissen et al. p. 351 figs. Table 1 |
| 2002 | Basiloterus Uhen p. 79 |
| 2004 | Basiloterus Uhen p. 12 |
| 2004 | Basiloterus van Vliet p. 143 |
| 2008 | Basiloterus McLeod and Barnes p. 94 |
| 2009 | Basiloterus Uhen p. 93 |
| 2011 | Basiloterus Martinez-Cáceres and Muizon |
| 2011 | Basiloterus Schouten p. 18 |
| 2013 | Basiloterus Goldin and Zvonok p. 255 |
| 2015 | Basiloterus Gao and Ni p. 156 figs. Table 1 |
| 2016 | Basiloterus Marx et al. p. 101 |
| 2017 | Basiloterus Berta p. 159 |
| 2017 | Basiloterus Martínez-Cáceres et al. p. 11 |
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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.
G. †Basiloterus Gingerich et al. 1997
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†Basiloterus hussaini Gingerich et al. 1997
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available