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Taxonomy
Aporotus was named by Du Bus (1868). It was considered monophyletic by Lambert et al. (2011).
It was synonymized subjectively with Choneziphius by Lydekker (1887); it was synonymized subjectively with Mioziphius by Abel (1905); it was synonymized subjectively with Ziphirostrum by McKenna and Bell (1997).
It was assigned to Ziphiinae by Trouessart (1898), Trouessart (1904) and Bianucci et al. (2007); to Ziphiidae by Du Bus (1868), Gill (1872), Lambert (2005), Lambert et al. (2011), Marx et al. (2016) and Berta (2017); and to Messapicetiformes by Bianucci et al. (2024).
It was synonymized subjectively with Choneziphius by Lydekker (1887); it was synonymized subjectively with Mioziphius by Abel (1905); it was synonymized subjectively with Ziphirostrum by McKenna and Bell (1997).
It was assigned to Ziphiinae by Trouessart (1898), Trouessart (1904) and Bianucci et al. (2007); to Ziphiidae by Du Bus (1868), Gill (1872), Lambert (2005), Lambert et al. (2011), Marx et al. (2016) and Berta (2017); and to Messapicetiformes by Bianucci et al. (2024).
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1868 | Aporotus Du Bus p. 626 |
1872 | Aporotus Gill p. 96 |
1898 | Aporotus Trouessart p. 1061 |
1904 | Aporotus Trouessart p. 776 |
2005 | Aporotus Lambert p. 482 |
2007 | Aporotus Bianucci et al. p. 570 |
2011 | Aporotus Lambert et al. p. 47 figs. Fig. 15 |
2016 | Aporotus Marx et al. p. 130 |
2017 | Aporotus Berta p. 162 |
2024 | Aporotus Bianucci et al. p. 32 |
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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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Source: f = family, subo = suborder, o = order | |||||
References: Uhen 2004, Nowak 1991 |
Age range: base of the Serravallian to the top of the Tortonian or 13.82000 to 7.24600 Ma
Collections (3 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Langhian - Serravallian | Belgium (Nijlen) | A. recurvirostris (53679) | |
Serravallian - Tortonian | Belgium (Antwerpen) | A. recurvirostris (232080) | |
Late/Upper Miocene - Late/Upper Pliocene | Belgium (Antwerpen) | A. affinis, A. dicyrtus (47465) |