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Taxonomy
Pontobasileus was named by Leidy (1873). Its type is Pontobasileus tuberculatus. It was considered monophyletic by Uhen (2008).
It was synonymized subjectively with Zeuglodon by Zittel (1894); it was considered a nomen vanum by Zittel (1925); it was considered a nomen vanum by Hulbert et al. (1998); it was considered a nomen dubium by Uhen (2008).
It was assigned to Zeuglodontia by Leidy (1873); to Zeuglodontidae by Trouessart (1898); to Basilosauridae by Hay (1902), Trouessart (1904) and Hay (1930); to Archaeoceti by Kellogg (1936) and McKenna and Bell (1997); to Pappocetinae by McLeod and Barnes (2008); to Georgiacetinae by Gao and Ni (2015); and to Protocetidae by Berta (2017).
It was synonymized subjectively with Zeuglodon by Zittel (1894); it was considered a nomen vanum by Zittel (1925); it was considered a nomen vanum by Hulbert et al. (1998); it was considered a nomen dubium by Uhen (2008).
It was assigned to Zeuglodontia by Leidy (1873); to Zeuglodontidae by Trouessart (1898); to Basilosauridae by Hay (1902), Trouessart (1904) and Hay (1930); to Archaeoceti by Kellogg (1936) and McKenna and Bell (1997); to Pappocetinae by McLeod and Barnes (2008); to Georgiacetinae by Gao and Ni (2015); and to Protocetidae by Berta (2017).
Species
P. tuberculatus (type species)
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1873 | Pontobasileus Leidy p. 337 |
| 1898 | Pontobasileus Trouessart p. 1010 |
| 1902 | Pontobasileus Hay p. 588 |
| 1904 | Pontobasileus Trouessart p. 754 |
| 1930 | Pontobasileus Hay p. 571 |
| 1936 | Pontobasileus Kellogg p. 264 |
| 1997 | Pontobasileus McKenna and Bell p. 368 |
| 2008 | Pontobasileus McLeod and Barnes p. 87 |
| 2015 | Pontobasileus Gao and Ni p. 156 figs. Table 1 |
| 2017 | Pontobasileus Berta p. 159 |
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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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Collections
No collection or age range data are available