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Aetiocetus
Taxonomy
Aetiocetus was named by Emlong (1966) [Sepkoski's age data: T Ol-u Sepkoski's reference number: 746]. Its type is Aetiocetus cotylalveus. It was considered monophyletic by Geisler et al. (2011).
It was assigned to Cetacea by Whitmore and Sanders (1977), Sepkoski (2002); to Aetiocetinae by Geisler and Sanders (2003), Bouetel and Muizon (2006); and to Aetiocetidae by Emlong (1966), Mchedlidze (1976), Fordyce (1982), Orr and Miller (1983), Carroll (1988), Benton (1993), McKenna and Bell (1997), Steeman (2007), Uhen (2008), Uhen et al. (2008), Fitzgerald (2010), Geisler et al. (2011), Boessenecker and Fordyce (2015), Marx and Fordyce (2015), Marx et al. (2016), Fordyce and Marx (2016), Tsai and Kohno (2017), Berta (2017), Hernández Cisneros et al. (2017), Fordyce and Marx (2018), Hernández Cisneros and Velez-Juarbe (2024).
It was assigned to Cetacea by Whitmore and Sanders (1977), Sepkoski (2002); to Aetiocetinae by Geisler and Sanders (2003), Bouetel and Muizon (2006); and to Aetiocetidae by Emlong (1966), Mchedlidze (1976), Fordyce (1982), Orr and Miller (1983), Carroll (1988), Benton (1993), McKenna and Bell (1997), Steeman (2007), Uhen (2008), Uhen et al. (2008), Fitzgerald (2010), Geisler et al. (2011), Boessenecker and Fordyce (2015), Marx and Fordyce (2015), Marx et al. (2016), Fordyce and Marx (2016), Tsai and Kohno (2017), Berta (2017), Hernández Cisneros et al. (2017), Fordyce and Marx (2018), Hernández Cisneros and Velez-Juarbe (2024).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1966 | Aetiocetus Emlong p. 4 |
| 1976 | Aetiocetus Mchedlidze p. 11 |
| 1977 | Aetiocetus Whitmore and Sanders p. 305 |
| 1982 | Aetiocetus Fordyce p. 424 |
| 1983 | Aetiocetus Orr and Miller p. 96 |
| 1988 | Aetiocetus Carroll |
| 1993 | Aetiocetus Benton p. 762 |
| 1997 | Aetiocetus McKenna and Bell p. 375 |
| 2002 | Aetiocetus Sepkoski |
| 2003 | Aetiocetus Geisler and Sanders p. 27 |
| 2006 | Aetiocetus Bouetel and Muizon p. 383 |
| 2007 | Aetiocetus Steeman p. 880 |
| 2008 | Aetiocetus Uhen p. 445 figs. Table 1 |
| 2008 | Aetiocetus Uhen et al. p. 610 |
| 2010 | Aetiocetus Fitzgerald p. 370 figs. Table 1 |
| 2011 | Aetiocetus Geisler et al. p. 6 figs. Table 1 |
| 2015 | Aetiocetus Boessenecker and Fordyce figs. Table 1 |
| 2015 | Aetiocetus Marx and Fordyce figs. Figure 2 |
| 2016 | Aetiocetus Fordyce and Marx p. 114 figs. Fig. 4 |
| 2016 | Aetiocetus Marx et al. p. 105 |
| 2017 | Aetiocetus Berta p. 166 |
| 2017 | Aetiocetus Hernández Cisneros et al. p. 156 |
| 2017 | Aetiocetus Tsai and Kohno figs. Table 1 |
| 2018 | Aetiocetus Fordyce and Marx p. 5 figs. Fig. 4 |
| 2024 | Aetiocetus Hernández Cisneros and Velez-Juarbe p. 2 |
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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. †Aetiocetus Emlong 1966
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†Aetiocetus cotylalveus Emlong 1966
†Aetiocetus palmadentis Solis-Añorve et al. 2019
†Aetiocetus polydentatus Barnes et al. 1995
†Aetiocetus weltoni Barnes et al. 1995
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range: Chattian or 27.30000 to 23.04000 Ma
Collections (9 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chattian | Mexico (Baja California Sur) | A. sp. (45695) A. sp., Niparajacetus palmadentis (183475) | |
| Chattian | Japan (Fukuoka) | A. sp. (76045) | |
| Chattian | Japan (Hokkaido) | A. polydentatus (45786) | |
| Chattian | USA (Oregon) | A. cotylalveus (45782 57052 57053 57054) A. weltoni (45788) |