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Cetotheriophanes
Taxonomy
Cetotherium (Cetotheriophanes) was named by Brandt (1873). Its type is Cetotheriophanes capellinii.
It was synonymized subjectively with Cetotherium by Lydekker (1887); it was synonymized subjectively with Plesiocetus by True (1912); it was synonymized subjectively with Balaenoptera by Simpson (1945), McKenna and Bell (1997); it was considered a nomen dubium by Kellogg (1931); it was reranked as Cetotheriophanes by Kellogg (1928), Deméré et al. (2005), Berta (2017).
It was assigned to Cetotherium by Brandt (1873), Palmer (1904); and to Balaenopteridae by Kellogg (1928), Deméré et al. (2005), Berta (2017).
It was synonymized subjectively with Cetotherium by Lydekker (1887); it was synonymized subjectively with Plesiocetus by True (1912); it was synonymized subjectively with Balaenoptera by Simpson (1945), McKenna and Bell (1997); it was considered a nomen dubium by Kellogg (1931); it was reranked as Cetotheriophanes by Kellogg (1928), Deméré et al. (2005), Berta (2017).
It was assigned to Cetotherium by Brandt (1873), Palmer (1904); and to Balaenopteridae by Kellogg (1928), Deméré et al. (2005), Berta (2017).
Subtaxa
C. capellinii (type species)
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1873 | Cetotherium (Cetotheriophanes) Brandt p. 148 |
| 1904 | Cetotherium (Cetotheriophanes) Palmer p. 175 |
| 1928 | Cetotheriophanes Kellogg p. 35 figs. Table 1 |
| 2005 | Cetotheriophanes Deméré et al. p. 105 figs. Table II |
| 2017 | Cetotheriophanes Berta p. 168 |
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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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Age range: base of the Serravallian to the top of the Piacenzian or 13.82000 to 2.58000 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Serravallian | Russian Federation (Dagestan) | C. sp. (49685) | |
| Piacenzian | Italy | C. capellinii (47428) |