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Pappocetus
Taxonomy
Pappocetus was named by Andrews (1920) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-m-l]. Its type is Pappocetus lugardi.
It was assigned to Zeuglodontidae by Zittel (1925); to Protocetinae by Thewissen et al. (1996), Uhen (2001); to Cetacea by Sepkoski (2002); to Pappocetinae by McLeod and Barnes (2008); to Georgiacetinae by Gingerich et al. (2005), Gao and Ni (2015); and to Protocetidae by Andrews (1920), Kellogg (1928), Slijper (1936), Kellogg (1936), Simpson (1945), Carroll (1988), McKenna and Bell (1997), Bianucci and Gingerich (2011), Uhen (2014), Gingerich and Zouhri (2015), Marx et al. (2016), Berta (2017).
It was assigned to Zeuglodontidae by Zittel (1925); to Protocetinae by Thewissen et al. (1996), Uhen (2001); to Cetacea by Sepkoski (2002); to Pappocetinae by McLeod and Barnes (2008); to Georgiacetinae by Gingerich et al. (2005), Gao and Ni (2015); and to Protocetidae by Andrews (1920), Kellogg (1928), Slijper (1936), Kellogg (1936), Simpson (1945), Carroll (1988), McKenna and Bell (1997), Bianucci and Gingerich (2011), Uhen (2014), Gingerich and Zouhri (2015), Marx et al. (2016), Berta (2017).
Species
P. lugardi (type species)
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1920 | Pappocetus Andrews |
| 1925 | Pappocetus Zittel p. 84 |
| 1928 | Pappocetus Kellogg p. 32 figs. Table 1 |
| 1936 | Pappocetus Kellogg p. 243 |
| 1936 | Pappocetus Slijper p. 540 |
| 1945 | Pappocetus Simpson p. 100 |
| 1988 | Pappocetus Carroll |
| 1996 | Pappocetus Thewissen et al. p. 71 figs. Figure 31 |
| 1997 | Pappocetus McKenna and Bell p. 370 |
| 2001 | Pappocetus Uhen p. 136 |
| 2002 | Pappocetus Sepkoski |
| 2005 | Pappocetus Gingerich et al. p. 200 |
| 2008 | Pappocetus McLeod and Barnes p. 87 |
| 2011 | Pappocetus Bianucci and Gingerich p. 1174 |
| 2014 | Pappocetus Uhen p. 1030 |
| 2015 | Pappocetus Gao and Ni p. 156 figs. Table 1 |
| 2015 | Pappocetus Gingerich and Zouhri p. 276 |
| 2016 | Pappocetus Marx et al. p. 100 |
| 2017 | Pappocetus Berta p. 159 |
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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.
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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