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Protophocaena
Taxonomy
Protophocaena was named by Abel (1905) [Sepkoski's age data: T Mi-u]. It is not extant.
It was considered a nomen dubium by Fordyce and de Muizon (2001).
It was assigned to Phocaeninae by Abel (1905); to Delphinoceti by Abel (1919); to Phocaenini by Zittel (1925); to Delphinidae by Kellogg (1928); to Phocaenidae by Simpson (1945), Romero-Herrera et al. (1973) and Carroll (1988); to Delphinoidea by McKenna and Bell (1997); to Cetacea by Sepkoski (2002); to Brachydelphininae by Lambert and Post (2005) and Ahrens (2005); to Brachydelphidae by Cozzuol (2010); and to Pontoporiidae by Geisler et al. (2012), Marx et al. (2016) and Berta (2017).
It was considered a nomen dubium by Fordyce and de Muizon (2001).
It was assigned to Phocaeninae by Abel (1905); to Delphinoceti by Abel (1919); to Phocaenini by Zittel (1925); to Delphinidae by Kellogg (1928); to Phocaenidae by Simpson (1945), Romero-Herrera et al. (1973) and Carroll (1988); to Delphinoidea by McKenna and Bell (1997); to Cetacea by Sepkoski (2002); to Brachydelphininae by Lambert and Post (2005) and Ahrens (2005); to Brachydelphidae by Cozzuol (2010); and to Pontoporiidae by Geisler et al. (2012), Marx et al. (2016) and Berta (2017).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1905 | Protophocaena Abel p. 139 figs. Fig. 22-23 |
| 1919 | Protophocaena Abel p. 772 |
| 1925 | Protophocaena Zittel p. 87 |
| 1928 | Protophocaena Kellogg p. 33 figs. Table 1 |
| 1945 | Protophocaena Simpson p. 104 |
| 1973 | Protophocaena Romero-Herrera et al. p. 391 |
| 1988 | Protophocaena Carroll |
| 1997 | Protophocaena McKenna and Bell p. 383 |
| 2002 | Protophocaena Sepkoski |
| 2005 | Protophocaena Ahrens p. 41 |
| 2005 | Protophocaena Lambert and Post p. 8 |
| 2010 | Protophocaena Cozzuol p. 200 |
| 2012 | Protophocaena Geisler et al. p. 207 figs. Figure 7 |
| 2016 | Protophocaena Marx et al. p. 133 |
| 2017 | Protophocaena Berta p. 164 |
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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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Age range: base of the Late/Upper Miocene to the top of the Tortonian or 11.60800 to 7.24600 Ma
Collections (3 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tortonian | Netherlands (Noord-Brabant) | P. minima (89445) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Netherlands | P. minima (53889) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene - Late/Upper Pliocene | Belgium (Antwerpen) | P. minima (47465) |