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Taxonomy
Cetotherium moreni was named by Lydekker (1894) [no specimen number listed in Lydekker
]. Its type specimen is MLP 5-14, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Cerro del Castillo, Trelew, which is in an Aquitanian/Burdigalian shallow subtidal sandstone in the Gaiman Formation of Argentina.
It was misspelled as Aglaocetus morenoi by Abel (1938); it was recombined as Aglaocetus moreni by Kellogg (1934), Kellogg (1942), Kellogg (1968), Cozzuol (1996), Bouetel and Muizon (2006), Uhen et al. (2008), Steeman (2010), Marx (2011), Bisconti et al. (2013) and Marx and Fordyce (2015).
It was misspelled as Aglaocetus morenoi by Abel (1938); it was recombined as Aglaocetus moreni by Kellogg (1934), Kellogg (1942), Kellogg (1968), Cozzuol (1996), Bouetel and Muizon (2006), Uhen et al. (2008), Steeman (2010), Marx (2011), Bisconti et al. (2013) and Marx and Fordyce (2015).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1894 | Cetotherium moreni Lydekker p. 2 figs. Figure 1 |
| 1898 | Cetotherium moreni Trouessart p. 1071 |
| 1904 | Cetotherium moreni Trouessart p. 780 |
| 1926 | Cetotherium moreni Cabrera p. 369 |
| 1934 | Aglaocetus moreni Kellogg p. 65 |
| 1938 | Aglaocetus morenoi Abel p. 7 |
| 1942 | Aglaocetus moreni Kellogg p. 450 |
| 1968 | Aglaocetus moreni Kellogg p. 163 |
| 1996 | Aglaocetus moreni Cozzuol p. 324 |
| 2006 | Aglaocetus moreni Bouetel and Muizon p. 384 |
| 2008 | Aglaocetus moreni Uhen et al. p. 613 |
| 2010 | Aglaocetus moreni Steeman p. 65 |
| 2011 | Aglaocetus moreni Marx p. 83 figs. Figure 2 |
| 2013 | Aglaocetus moreni Bisconti et al. p. 122 figs. Fig. 28 |
| 2015 | Aglaocetus moreni Marx and Fordyce p. 4 figs. Figure 2 |
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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.
†Aglaocetus moreni Lydekker 1894
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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Age range: Burdigalian or 20.44000 to 15.97000 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aquitanian - Burdigalian | Argentina (Chubut) | Cetotherium moreni (type locality: 47303) | |
| Burdigalian | Argentina | Aglaocetus moreni (87889) |