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Atropatenocetus posteocenicus

Osteichthyes - Cetacea

Taxonomy
Atropatenocetus posteocenicus was named by Aslanova (1977). It is not extant. Its type specimen is CCP II-62/C 1-3. Its type locality is Perekishkyul, which is in a Chattian marine horizon in Azerbaijan.

Entered
by M. Uhen on 2004-11-30; modified by M. Uhen on 2013-10-27

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1977Atropatenocetus posteocenicus Aslanova pp. 60-64
1981Atropatenocetus posteocenicus Fordyce p. 1041

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
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
suborderOdontoceti
genusAtropatenocetus
speciesposteocenicus

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available