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Taxonomy
Mesoplodon (Cetorhynchus) was named by Gervais (1861) [Sepkoski's age data: T Mi-m T Mi-u]. Its type is Cetorhynchus christoli.
It was reranked as Cetorhynchus by Palmer (1904), Abel (1905), Kellogg (1922), Kellogg (1928), Simpson (1945), Mead (1975), Carroll (1988), Muizon (1990), McKenna and Bell (1997), Fordyce and de Muizon (2001) and Sepkoski (2002).
It was assigned to Mesoplodon by Gervais (1861); to Platanistidae by Palmer (1904); to Ziphiina by Kellogg (1922); to Ziphiidae by Abel (1905), Kellogg (1928), Simpson (1945), Mead (1975) and Carroll (1988); to Hyperoodontidae by McKenna and Bell (1997); to Ziphiinae by Muizon (1990) and Fordyce and de Muizon (2001); and to Cetacea by Sepkoski (2002).
It was reranked as Cetorhynchus by Palmer (1904), Abel (1905), Kellogg (1922), Kellogg (1928), Simpson (1945), Mead (1975), Carroll (1988), Muizon (1990), McKenna and Bell (1997), Fordyce and de Muizon (2001) and Sepkoski (2002).
It was assigned to Mesoplodon by Gervais (1861); to Platanistidae by Palmer (1904); to Ziphiina by Kellogg (1922); to Ziphiidae by Abel (1905), Kellogg (1928), Simpson (1945), Mead (1975) and Carroll (1988); to Hyperoodontidae by McKenna and Bell (1997); to Ziphiinae by Muizon (1990) and Fordyce and de Muizon (2001); and to Cetacea by Sepkoski (2002).
Subtaxa
C. atavus, C. christoli (type species)
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1861 | Mesoplodon (Cetorhynchus) Gervais p. 122 |
| 1904 | Cetorhynchus Palmer p. 175 |
| 1905 | Cetorhynchus Abel p. 94 |
| 1922 | Cetorhynchus Kellogg p. 130 |
| 1928 | Cetorhynchus Kellogg p. 33 figs. Table 1 |
| 1945 | Cetorhynchus Simpson p. 101 |
| 1975 | Cetorhynchus Mead p. 750 figs. Table 1 |
| 1988 | Cetorhynchus Carroll |
| 1990 | Cetorhynchus Muizon p. 296 |
| 1997 | Cetorhynchus McKenna and Bell p. 382 |
| 2001 | Cetorhynchus Fordyce and de Muizon p. 179 |
| 2002 | Cetorhynchus Sepkoski |
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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. †Cetorhynchus Gervais 1861
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†Cetorhynchus atavus Abel 1905
†Cetorhynchus christoli Gervais 1861
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Uhen 2004, Nowak 1991 | |||||