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Taxonomy
Sulakocetus was named by Mchedlidze (1976) [Sepkoski's age data: T Ol-u Sepkoski's reference number: 746]. It was considered monophyletic by Muizon (1987).
It was assigned to Squalodontidae by Mchedlidze (1976), Barnes (1985), Muizon (1987), Carroll (1988) and McKenna and Bell (1997); to Cetacea by Sepkoski (2002); to Odontoceti by Geisler and Sanders (2003); to Waipatiidae by Fordyce (1994), Fordyce and de Muizon (2001) and Uhen (2008); and to Odontoceti by Tanaka and Fordyce (2014).
It was assigned to Squalodontidae by Mchedlidze (1976), Barnes (1985), Muizon (1987), Carroll (1988) and McKenna and Bell (1997); to Cetacea by Sepkoski (2002); to Odontoceti by Geisler and Sanders (2003); to Waipatiidae by Fordyce (1994), Fordyce and de Muizon (2001) and Uhen (2008); and to Odontoceti by Tanaka and Fordyce (2014).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1976 | Sulakocetus Mchedlidze pp. 41-42 figs. Plates XII to XXI |
| 1985 | Sulakocetus Barnes p. 90 |
| 1987 | Sulakocetus Muizon p. 14 |
| 1988 | Sulakocetus Carroll |
| 1994 | Sulakocetus Fordyce p. 172 |
| 1997 | Sulakocetus McKenna and Bell p. 373 |
| 2001 | Sulakocetus Fordyce and de Muizon p. 178 |
| 2002 | Sulakocetus Sepkoski |
| 2003 | Sulakocetus Geisler and Sanders p. 28 |
| 2008 | Sulakocetus Uhen p. 445 figs. Table 1 |
| 2014 | Sulakocetus Tanaka and Fordyce |
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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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