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Plesiocetopsis occidentalis

Mammalia - Cetacea - Tranatocetidae

Taxonomy
Plesiocetus occidentalis was named by Kellogg (1925) [No locality information is available for the type specimen of Plesiocetus occidentalis (Kellogg, 1925), although he suggests it is from the Tortonian Monterey Formation.]. Its type specimen is UCMP M1351, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Plesiocetopsis occidentalis by Hay (1930).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1925Plesiocetus occidentalis Kellogg p. 50 figs. Fig. 7-10
1930Plesiocetopsis occidentalis Hay p. 572

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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
suborderMysticeti
—Chaeomysticeti()
—Plicogulae
familyTranatocetidae
genusPlesiocetopsis()
speciesoccidentalis()

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available