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Agorophiidae

Mammalia - Cetacea - Agorophiidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1914Agorophiidae Abel p. 219
1914Microzeuglodontidae Abel p. 219
1914Agorophiidae Abel p. 220
1914Microzeuglodontidae Abel p. 220
1919Agorophiidae Abel p. 751
1919Microzeuglodoptidae Abel p. 751
1923Agorophiidae Miller p. 40
1928Agorophiidae Kellogg p. 32 figs. Table 1
1930Agorophiidae Hay p. 579
1931Agorophiidae Van Deinse p. 33
1931Microzeuglodontidae Van Deinse p. 33
1936Microzeuglodontinae Slijper p. 540
1938Microzeuglodontidae Riabinin p. 141
1945Agorophiidae Simpson p. 100
1981Agorophiidae Fordyce p. 1041
1985Agorophiidae Barnes et al. p. 25
1988Agorophiidae Carroll
1993Agorophiidae Benton p. 762
1994Agorophiidae Fordyce and Barnes p. 428 figs. Table 1
1995Agorophiidae Fordyce et al. p. 379
1997Agorophiidae McKenna and Bell p. 373
1998Agorophiidae Rice
2001Agorophiidae Fordyce and de Muizon p. 178
2002Agorophiidae Fordyce p. 216
2002Agorophiidae Rice p. 231 figs. Table 1
2003Agorophiidae Geisler and Sanders p. 28
2005Agorophiidae Gingerich p. 237 figs. Table 15.1
2005Agorophiidae Uhen p. 1029
2007Agorophiidae Bianucci and Landini p. 45 figs. Table 2.1
2008Agorophiidae Uhen p. 445 figs. Table 1
2008Agorophiidae Uhen et al. p. 570
2009Agorophiidae Rice p. 235 figs. Table 1
2016Agorophiidae Godfrey et al. p. 156
2016Agorophiidae Marx et al. p. 117
2017Agorophiidae Berta p. 160
2018Agorophiidae Boessenecker and Geisler p. 3
2023Agorophiidae Boessenecker and Geisler p. 152

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
RankNameAuthor
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Euungulata
Artiodactylamorpha
Artiodactyla()
Whippomorpha
orderCetacea
Pelagiceti
Neoceti
suborderOdontoceti
Amblyoccipita
Stegoceti
familyAgorophiidae
familyAgorophiidae

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.

Fm. †Agorophiidae Abel 1914
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G. †Agorophius Cope 1895
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Agorophius pygmaeus Muller 1849
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Invalid names: Phocodon holmesii Agassiz 1850 [objective synonym]
G. †Ankylorhiza Boessenecker et al. 2020
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Ankylorhiza tiedemani Allen 1887
Invalid names: Microzeuglodontidae Abel 1914 [invalid subgroup]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatitesubo
Form: roller-shapedo
Ontogeny: modification of partso
Environment: marine, freshwatersubo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: aquatico
Depth habitat: surfaceo
Diet: carnivoresubo
Reproduction: viviparoussubo
Created: 2005-03-06 14:21:39
Modified: 2005-09-22 15:42:08
Source: subo = suborder, o = order
Reference: Uhen 2004

Age range: base of the Rupelian to the top of the Langhian or 33.90000 to 13.82000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1USA (South Carolina) Agorophius pygmaeus (91482) Agorophius sp. (135687) Ankylorhiza sp. (188994) Saurocetus gibbesii (45500) Squalodon tiedemani (55520) Zeuglodon sp. (45761)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03USA (South Carolina) Agorophius pygmaeus (156031) Agorophius sp. (196878) Agorophius sp., Agorophiidae indet. (211540) Ankylorhiza tiedemani (97550)
Aquitanian - Langhian23.03 - 13.82USA (North Carolina) Squalodon tiedemani, Squalodon whitmorei (48887)