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Taxonomy
Amphicetus rotundus was named by Van Beneden (1880) [no type specimen listed in Van Beneden (1880); Lectotype after Steeman (2010)
]. Its type specimen is Lectotype IRScNB CtM 594/Reg 37, a partial skull (right periotic), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Deurne (Fort 1), Deurne Sand, which is in a Tortonian lagoonal sandstone in the Diest Formation of Belgium.
It was recombined as Aglaocetus rotundus by Steeman (2010).
It was recombined as Aglaocetus rotundus by Steeman (2010).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1880 | Amphicetus rotundus Van Beneden p. 21 |
| 1898 | Amphicetus rotundus Trouessart p. 1075 |
| 1904 | Amphicetus rotundus Palmer p. 94 |
| 1904 | Amphicetus rotundus Trouessart p. 781 |
| 2010 | Aglaocetus rotundus Steeman p. 69 |
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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.
†Aglaocetus rotundus Van Beneden 1880
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Diagnosis
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Measurements
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