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Ashorocetus
Taxonomy
Ashorocetus was named by Barnes et al. (1995).
It was considered a nomen dubium by Fitzgerald (2010) and Marx et al. (2015).
It was assigned to Chonecetinae by Barnes et al. (1995); and to Aetiocetidae by Uhen (2008), Marx et al. (2016), Tsai and Kohno (2017) and Berta (2017).
It was considered a nomen dubium by Fitzgerald (2010) and Marx et al. (2015).
It was assigned to Chonecetinae by Barnes et al. (1995); and to Aetiocetidae by Uhen (2008), Marx et al. (2016), Tsai and Kohno (2017) and Berta (2017).
Species
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1995 | Ashorocetus Barnes et al. pp. 403-404 figs. Fig. 11-12 |
| 1995 | Ashorocetus eguchii Barnes et al. pp. 404-406 figs. Fig. 11-12 |
| 2008 | Ashorocetus Uhen p. 445 figs. Table 1 |
| 2015 | Ashorocetus eguchii Tsai and Ando figs. Figure 5 |
| 2016 | Ashorocetus Marx et al. p. 105 |
| 2017 | Ashorocetus Berta p. 166 |
| 2017 | Ashorocetus Tsai and Kohno |
| 2017 | Ashorocetus eguchii Tsai and Kohno |
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G. †Ashorocetus Barnes et al. 1995
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Invalid names: Ashorocetus eguchii Barnes et al. 1995 [nomen dubium]
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| L. G. Barnes et al. 1995 | A genus of Chonecetinae differing from Chonecetus by having a cranium with a more vertically inclined occipital shield, more prominent median crest on occipital shield near its apex, basioccipital crests excavated on lateral side by peribullary sinus and more divergent posteriorly, larger peribullary sinus anterior to tympanic bulla and expanded medially into basioccipital, smaller cranial hiatus, more elongate mastoid process which is expanded dorsally on lateral surface of braincase. |