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Ancalecetus
Taxonomy
Ancalecetus was named by Gingerich and Uhen (1996). Its type is Ancalecetus simonsi. It was considered monophyletic by Martinez-Cáceres and Muizon (2011).
It was assigned to Dorudontinae by Gingerich and Uhen (1996), McKenna and Bell (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 Martinez-Cáceres and Muizon (2011), Uhen (2013), Marx et al. (2016), Martínez-Cáceres et al. (2017), Berta (2017), Uhen (2018).
It was assigned to Dorudontinae by Gingerich and Uhen (1996), McKenna and Bell (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 Martinez-Cáceres and Muizon (2011), Uhen (2013), Marx et al. (2016), Martínez-Cáceres et al. (2017), Berta (2017), Uhen (2018).
Species
A. simonsi (type species)
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1996 | Ancalecetus Gingerich and Uhen |
| 1997 | Ancalecetus McKenna and Bell p. 369 |
| 1998 | Ancalecetus Uhen p. 40 |
| 2002 | Ancalecetus Uhen p. 79 |
| 2004 | Ancalecetus Uhen p. 12 |
| 2004 | Ancalecetus van Vliet p. 143 |
| 2008 | Ancalecetus McLeod and Barnes p. 93 |
| 2009 | Ancalecetus Uhen p. 93 |
| 2011 | Ancalecetus Martinez-Cáceres and Muizon |
| 2011 | Ancalecetus Schouten p. 18 |
| 2013 | Ancalecetus Uhen p. 4 figs. Figure 9 |
| 2015 | Ancalecetus Gao and Ni p. 156 figs. Table 1 |
| 2016 | Ancalecetus Marx et al. p. 101 |
| 2017 | Ancalecetus Berta p. 159 |
| 2017 | Ancalecetus Martínez-Cáceres et al. p. 11 |
| 2018 | Ancalecetus Uhen p. 79 |
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G. †Ancalecetus Gingerich and Uhen 1996
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†Ancalecetus simonsi Gingerich and Uhen 1996
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available