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Taxonomy
Diorocetus hiatus was named by Kellogg (1968). Its type specimen is USNM 16783, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Parker Creek, south, Zone 14, which is in a Serravallian foreshore claystone in the Calvert Formation of Maryland.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1968 | Diorocetus hiatus Kellogg pp. 134-160 figs. 53-73 |
| 1994 | Diorocetus hiatus Gottfried et al. p. 233 |
| 2006 | Diorocetus hiatus Bouetel and Muizon p. 384 |
| 2008 | Diorocetus hiatus Uhen et al. p. 614 |
| 2011 | Diorocetus hiatus Geisler et al. p. 6 figs. Table 1 |
| 2011 | Diorocetus hiatus Hampe and Ritsche p. 96 |
| 2011 | Diorocetus hiatus Marx p. 83 figs. Figure 2 |
| 2015 | Diorocetus hiatus Marx and Fordyce p. 4 figs. Figure 2 |
| 2017 | Diorocetus hiatus Hastings and Dooley p. 83 |
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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.
†Diorocetus hiatus Kellogg 1968
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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Age range: base of the Langhian to the top of the Serravallian or 15.98000 to 11.63000 Ma
Collections (5 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Langhian | USA (Maryland) | Diorocetus hiatus (45502) | |
| Serravallian | USA (Virginia) | Diorocetus hiatus (57700 187324) | |
| Serravallian | USA (Maryland) | Diorocetus hiatus (type locality: 70828 70835) |