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Siphonocetes

Taxonomy

Siphonocetes was named by Kroyer (1845). It is extant. Its type is Siphonocetes typicus.

It was assigned to Crustacea by Bate (1858).

Species

S. typicus (type species)

Synonyms

Balaena prisca was named by Leidy (1851). Its type specimen is ANSP 12915 and ANSP 12950, a mandible (fragment of lower jaw and a caudal vertebra), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is City Point, which is in a Pliocene shallow subtidal horizon in the Yorktown Formation of Virginia.

It was recombined as Balaenoptera prisca by Cope (1867) and Gennevaux and Roman (1922); it was recombined as Eschrichtius priscus by Leidy (1869) and Cope (1869); it was recombined as Cetotherium priscum by Cope (1890); it was recombined as Siphonocetus priscus by Cope (1895), Trouessart (1898), Hay (1902), Trouessart (1904), Case (1904), Hay (1930), Abel (1938), Barwick (1938), Barwick (1940) and Kellogg (1968); it was considered a nomen vanum by Barnes and McLeod (1984) and McLeod et al. (1993); it was considered a nomen dubium by Uhen et al. (2008).
Siphonocetus clarkianus was named by Cope (1895). Its type specimen is USNM 12721 and is not a trace fossil.

It was considered a nomen dubium by Uhen et al. (2008).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1851	Balaena prisca Leidy pp. 308-309
1854	Balaena prisca Leidy p. 8
1858	Siphonocetus Bate p. 167
1867	Balaenoptera prisca Cope p. 144
1869	Eschrichtius priscus Cope p. 11
1869	Eschrichtius priscus Leidy p. 441
1890	Cetotherium priscum Cope p. 616
1895	Siphonocetus clarkianus Cope p. 140
1895	Siphonocetus priscus Cope p. 141
1898	Siphonocetus clarkianus Trouessart p. 1074
1898	Siphonocetus priscus Trouessart p. 1074
1902	Siphonocetus clarkianus Hay p. 599
1902	Siphonocetus priscus Hay p. 599
1904	Siphonocetus priscus Case p. 46
1904	Siphonocetus clarkianus Case p. 47
1904	Siphonocetus clarkianus Trouessart p. 780
1904	Siphonocetus priscus Trouessart p. 780
1922	Balaenoptera prisca Gennevaux and Roman p. 29
1930	Siphonocetus clarkianus Hay p. 572
1930	Siphonocetus priscus Hay p. 572
1938	Siphonocetus priscus Abel p. 6
1938	Siphonocetus clarkianus Abel p. 7
1938	Siphonocetus priscus Barwick p. 121
1940	Siphonocetus priscus Barwick p. 746
1968	Siphonocetus priscus Kellogg p. 125

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Ecdysozoa
—	Panarthropoda

Rank	Name	Author
phylum	Arthropoda	Latreille 1829
—	Deuteropoda
—	Mandibulata
—	Pancrustacea	Zrzavý and Štys 1997
subphylum	Crustacea	Brünnich 1772
genus	Siphonocetes

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. Siphonocetes Kroyer 1845

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Siphonocetes typicus Kroyer 1845

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Locomotion:

actively mobilep

Created:

2004-02-29 09:38:49

Modified:

2004-02-29 11:38:49

Source: p = phylum

Reference: Kiessling 2004

Collections

No collection or age range data are available