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Phocaenopsis
Taxonomy
Phocaenopsis was named by Huxley (1859) [Sepkoski's age data: T Mi-l].
It was synonymized subjectively with Acrodelphis by Zittel (1925); it was considered a nomen dubium by Fordyce and de Muizon (2001).
It was assigned to Delphinidae by Trouessart (1904), Palmer (1904), Kellogg (1928); to Odontoceti by Fordyce (1980), Fordyce (1981); to Phocaenidae by Simpson (1945), Carroll (1988); to Rhabdosteidae by Benton (1993), McKenna and Bell (1997); to Cetacea by Huxley (1859), Sepkoski (2002); and to Eurhinodelphinidae by Fordyce and Roberts (2009), Ortega and Fordyce (2009), Berta (2017).
It was synonymized subjectively with Acrodelphis by Zittel (1925); it was considered a nomen dubium by Fordyce and de Muizon (2001).
It was assigned to Delphinidae by Trouessart (1904), Palmer (1904), Kellogg (1928); to Odontoceti by Fordyce (1980), Fordyce (1981); to Phocaenidae by Simpson (1945), Carroll (1988); to Rhabdosteidae by Benton (1993), McKenna and Bell (1997); to Cetacea by Huxley (1859), Sepkoski (2002); and to Eurhinodelphinidae by Fordyce and Roberts (2009), Ortega and Fordyce (2009), Berta (2017).
Species
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1859 | Phocaenopsis Huxley p. 677 |
| 1904 | Phocaenopsis Palmer p. 532 |
| 1904 | Phocaenopsis Trouessart p. 769 |
| 1928 | Phocaenopsis Kellogg p. 33 figs. Table 1 |
| 1945 | Phocaenopsis Simpson p. 104 |
| 1980 | Phocaenopsis Fordyce p. iii figs. Table 2 |
| 1981 | Phocaenopsis Fordyce p. 563 |
| 1988 | Phocaenopsis Carroll |
| 1993 | Phocaenopsis Benton p. 761 |
| 1997 | Phocaenopsis McKenna and Bell p. 374 |
| 2002 | Phocaenopsis Sepkoski |
| 2009 | Phocaenopsis Fordyce and Roberts p. 553 |
| 2009 | Phocaenopsis Ortega and Fordyce p. 164 |
| 2017 | Phocaenopsis Berta p. 165 |
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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. †Phocaenopsis Huxley 1859
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†Phocaenopsis mantelli Huxley 1859
†Phocaenopsis scheynensis Du Bus 1872
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range: base of the Altonian to the top of the Late/Upper Pliocene or 18.70000 to 2.58000 Ma
Collections (3 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Altonian | New Zealand (North Otago) | P. mantelli (45662) | |
| Serravallian | Netherlands | Acrodelphis scheynensis (75152) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene - Late/Upper Pliocene | Belgium (Antwerpen) | P. scheynensis (47465) |