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Chonecetinae (disused)

Mammalia - Cetacea - Aetiocetidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1995Chonecetinae Barnes et al. p. 396
2002Chonecetinae Sanders and Barnes p. 353
2003Chonecetinae Geisler and Sanders p. 27
2006Chonecetinae Bouetel and Muizon p. 383
2007Chonecetinae Bianucci and Landini p. 45 figs. Table 2.1

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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
Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Euungulata
Artiodactylamorpha
Artiodactyla()
Whippomorpha
orderCetacea
Pelagiceti
Neoceti
suborderMysticeti
familyAetiocetidae
subfamilyChonecetinae
subfamilyChonecetinae

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. †Chonecetinae Barnes et al. 1995
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
L. G. Barnes et al. 1995A subfamily of Aetiocetidae with elongate intertemporal region, occipital shield small and triangular, occipital condyles prominent and set off from occipital shield, postorbital process of frontal thick and short, zygomatic process of squamosal small and rectangular in shape, posterior process of periotic short.