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Taxonomy
Basilosauroidea was named by Mitchell (1989). It was considered paraphyletic by Rice (1998).
It was assigned to Cetacea by Rice (2009); and to Archaeoceti by Mitchell (1989), Rice (1998), Gingerich (2005), El-kheir et al. (2013) and Mahdy et al. (2019).
It was assigned to Cetacea by Rice (2009); and to Archaeoceti by Mitchell (1989), Rice (1998), Gingerich (2005), El-kheir et al. (2013) and Mahdy et al. (2019).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1989 | Basilosauroidea Mitchell p. 2231 |
| 1998 | Basilosauroidea Rice p. 52 figs. Table 5 |
| 2005 | Basilosauroidea Gingerich p. 237 figs. Table 15.1 |
| 2009 | Basilosauroidea Rice p. 235 figs. Table 1 |
| 2013 | Basilosauroidea El-kheir et al. p. 462 |
| 2019 | Basilosauroidea Mahdy et al. |
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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.
Superfm. †Basilosauroidea Mitchell 1989
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Diagnosis
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Measurements
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Collections
No collection or age range data are available