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Thalassotherii

Mammalia - Cetacea

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1859Plesiocetus burtinii Van Beneden p. 141
1872Cetotherium burtinii Van Beneden p. 18
1873Cetotherium (Plesiocetopsis) burtinii Brandt p. 146
1874Heterocetus burtinii Vanden Broeck p. 198
1880Plesiocetus burtini Van Beneden p. 19
1885Plesiocetus burtinii Van Beneden p. 35
1887Cetotherium burtini Lydekker p. 44
1898Plesiocetus burtinii Trouessart p. 1073
1901Heterocetus burtini Abel p. 42
1904Plesiocetus burtini Trouessart p. 780
2007Aglaocetidae Steeman p. 880
2007Diorocetidae Steeman p. 880
2007Pelocetidae Steeman p. 880
2007Aglaocetidae Steeman p. 885
2007Pelocetidae Steeman p. 885
2007Diorocetidae Steeman p. 886
2009Aglaocetidae Rice p. 235 figs. Table 1
2009Diorocetidae Rice p. 235 figs. Table 1
2009Pelocetidae Rice p. 235 figs. Table 1
2010Aglaocetidae Steeman p. 65
2010Aglaocetus burtinii Steeman p. 65
2010Diorocetidae Steeman p. 70
2010Pelocetidae Steeman p. 72
2013Thalassotherii Bisconti et al. p. 98
2014Thalassotherii Bisconti
2016Thalassotherii Bisconti and Bosselaers p. 451
2017Thalassotherii Berta p. 168
2019Thalassotherii Bisconti et al. p. 7
2020Thalassotherii Bisconti and Bosselaers p. 9
2020Thalassotherii Bisconti et al.

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

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.

Superfm. †Thalassotherii Bisconti et al. 2013
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G. †Atlanticetus Bisconti et al. 2020
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Atlanticetus laevi Rule et al. 2020
Atlanticetus lavei Bisconti et al. 2020
Atlanticetus patulus Kellogg 1968
Fm. Balaenopteridae Gray 1864 [rorqual]
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G. †Archaebalaenoptera Bisconti 2007
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Archaebalaenoptera eusebioi Bisconti et al. 2022
Archaebalaenoptera liesselensis Bisconti et al. 2020
G. Balaenoptera Lacépède 1804 [rorqual]
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Balaenoptera acutorostrata Lacépède 1804 [minke whale]
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Invalid names: Balaena rostrata Fabricius 1780 [synonym], Pterobalaena minor Eschricht 1849 [synonym], Rorqualus boops Cuvier 1836 [synonym], Rorqualus minor Hamilton 1837 [synonym], Sibbaldius mondinii Capellini 1877 [synonym]
Balaenoptera bonaerensis Burmeister 1867
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Invalid names: Balaenoptera huttoni Gray 1874 [synonym]
Balaenoptera borealis Lesson 1828 [sei whale]
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Invalid names: Balaenoptera iwasi Gray 1846 [synonym], Balaenoptera laticeps Gray 1864 [synonym], Balaenoptera schlegeli swinhoei Gray 1866 [synonym], Sibbaldius schlegelii Gray 1864 [synonym]
Balaenoptera brydei Olsen 1913 [Bryde's whale]
Balaenoptera cephalus Cope 1867
Balaenoptera edeni Anderson 1879 [Eden's whale]
Balaenoptera musculus Linnaeus 1758 [blue whale]
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Invalid names: Balaenoptera australis Gray 1846 [synonym], Balaenoptera brevicauda Ichihara 1966 [synonym], Balaenoptera indica Blyth 1842 [synonym], Balaenoptera intermedia Burmeister 1871 [synonym], Balaenoptera jubartes Lacépède 1804 [synonym], Balaenoptera sulfureus Cope 1869 [synonym], Cuvierius latirostris Flower 1864 [synonym], Physalus sibbaldii Gray 1847 [synonym], Sibbaldius antarcticus Burmeister 1865 [synonym], Sibbaldius sulfureus Scammon and Cope 1869 [synonym], Sibbaldus borealis Gray 1864 [synonym]
Balaenoptera physalus Linnaeus 1758 [fin whale]
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Invalid names: Balaena antiquorum Fischer 1829 [synonym], Balaena sulcata Neill 1811 [synonym], Balaena sulcata arctica Schlegel 1841 [invalid subgroup], Balaenoptera antiquorum Gray 1846 [synonym], Balaenoptera blythi Anderson 1879 [synonym], Balaenoptera boops Linnaeus 1758 [synonym], Balaenoptera copei Elliot 1901 [synonym], Balaenoptera gibbar Lacépède 1804 [synonym], Balaenoptera patachonica Burmeister 1865 [objective synonym], Balaenoptera patachonicha tschudii Reichenbach 1846 [synonym], Balaenoptera quoyi Fisher 1829 [synonym], Balaenoptera rorqual Lacépède 1804 [synonym], Balaenoptera velifera Scammon and Cope 1869 [synonym], Benedenia knoxii Gray 1864 [synonym], Physalus brasiliensis Gray 1846 [synonym], Physalus duguidii Gray 1864 [synonym], Physalus fasciatus Gray 1850 [synonym], Physalus patachonicus Burmeister 1865 [synonym], Swinhoia chinensis Gray 1868 [synonym]
Balaenoptera ricei Rosel et al. 2021 [Rice's whale]
Balaenoptera siberi Pilleri 1989
Invalid names: Balaenoptera andrejewi Anonymous 1888 [nomen nudum], Balaenoptera fasciata Gray 1846 [nomen dubium], Balaenoptera grimmi Anonymous 1888 [nomen nudum], Balaenoptera ryani Hanna and McLellan 1924 [invalid subgroup], Benedenia Gray 1864 [synonym], Cuvierius Gray 1866 [synonym], Mysticetus Wagler 1830 [synonym], Physalis Fleming 1822 [synonym], Physalus Gray 1821 [objective synonym], Pterobalaena Eschricht 1849 [synonym], Rorqualus Cuvier 1836 [synonym], Rudolphius Gray 1866 [synonym], Sibbaldus Flower 1865 [synonym], Swinhoia Gray 1868 [synonym]
Subfm. Balaenopterinae Flower 1865
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Invalid names: Physalina Gray 1864 [synonym]
G. †Cetotheriophanes Brandt 1873
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G. †Diunatans Bosselaers and Post 2010
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Diunatans luctoretemergo Bosselaers and Post 2010
G. †Eobalaenoptera Dooley et al. 2004
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Eobalaenoptera harrisoni Dooley et al. 2004
Subfm. Eschrichtiinae Ellerman and Morrisson-Scott 1951 [gray whale]
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Invalid names: Eschrichtiinae Ellerman and Morrisson-Scott 1951 [empty], Eschrichtiinae Ellerman and Morrisson-Scott 1951 [empty]
G. †Fragilicetus Bisconti and Bosselaers 2016
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Fragilicetus velponi Bisconti and Bosselaers 2016
G. †Incakujira Marx and Kohno 2016
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Incakujira anillodefuego Marx and Kohno 2016
G. †Marzanoptera Bisconti et al. 2021
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Marzanoptera bertae Boessenecker 2013
Marzanoptera tersillae Bisconti et al. 2021
G. Megaptera Gray 1846 [humpback whale]
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Subg. Megaptera (Eschrichtius) Gray 1864 [gray whale]
Megaptera brachychira Cope 1868
Megaptera hubachi Dathe 1983
Megaptera mysticetoides Emmons 1858
Megaptera novaeangliae Brisson 1762 [humpback whale]
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Invalid names: Balaena allamack Gray 1846 [synonym], Balaena atlanticus Hurdis 1897 [synonym], Balaena boops Fabricius 1780 [synonym], Balaena lalandii Fischer 1829 [synonym], Balaena longimana Rudolphi 1832 [synonym], Balaena longipinna Gray 1846 [objective synonym], Balaenoptera antarctica Temminck 1841 [synonym], Balaenoptera astrolabae Pucheran 1853 [synonym], Balaenoptera capensis Smith 1835 [synonym], Balaenoptera leucopteron Lesson 1842 [synonym], Balaenoptera syncondylus Muller 1863 [synonym], Kyphobalaena keporkak Van Beneden 1868 [synonym], Megaptera americana Gray 1846 [synonym], Megaptera bellicosa Cope 1871 [synonym], Megaptera braziliensis Cope 1867 [synonym], Megaptera burmeisteri Gray 1866 [synonym], Megaptera gigas Cope 1865 [synonym], Megaptera indica Gervais 1883 [synonym], Megaptera kuzira Gray 1850 [synonym], Megaptera lalandii Gray 1864 [synonym], Megaptera nodosa Bonnaterre 1789 [synonym], Megaptera novaezelandiae Gray 1864 [synonym], Megaptera osphyia Cope 1865 [synonym], Megaptera poeskop Gray 1846 [synonym], Megaptera versabilis Cope 1869 [synonym], Poescopia lalandii Gray 1866 [synonym], Rorqualus antarcticus Cuvier 1836 [synonym]
Invalid names: Cyphobalaena Marschall 1873 [synonym], Kyphobalaena Eschricht [synonym], Perqualus Gray 1846 [synonym], Poescopia Gray 1864 [synonym]
G. †Miobalaenoptera Tanaka and Watanabe 2019
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Miobalaenoptera numataensis Tanaka and Watanabe 2019
G. †Nehalaennia Bisconti et al. 2019
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Nehalaennia devossi Bisconti et al. 2019
G. †Notiocetus Ameghino 1891
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Notiocetus platensis Ameghino 1891
Notiocetus romerianus Ameghino 1891
G. †Plesiobalaenoptera Bisconti 2010
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G. †Praemegaptera Behrmann 1995
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Praemegaptera pampauensis Behrmann 1995
G. †Protororqualus Bisconti 2007
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Protororqualus cuvieri Fischer 1829
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Invalid names: Cetotherium (Cetotheriophanes) cuvieri Brandt 1873 [synonym]
Protororqualus dyticus Cabrera 1926
Protororqualus wilfriedneesi Bisconti and Bosselaers 2020
Invalid names: Agaphelinae Gray 1870 [empty], Balaena affinis Owen 1843 [invalid subgroup], Balaena definata Owen 1843 [nomen dubium], Balaena emarginata Owen 1843 [nomen dubium], Balaena gibbosa Owen 1843 [nomen dubium], Balaenoptera borealina Van Beneden 1880 [nomen dubium], Balaenoptera garopii Van Beneden 1859 [nomen dubium], Balaenoptera musculoides Van Beneden 1880 [nomen dubium], Balaenoptera portisii Sacco 1890 [invalid subgroup], Balaenoptera rostratella Van Beneden 1880 [nomen dubium], Balaenoptera sibbaldina Van Beneden 1880 [nomen dubium], Balaenoptera taiwanica Huang 1966 [invalid subgroup], Delphinus brachyspondylus Brandt 1873 [invalid subgroup], Hadrosaurus tripos Cope 1869 [nomen dubium], Megaptera affinis Van Beneden 1880 [nomen dubium], Megapterinae Flower 1865 [empty], Megapteropsis robusta Van Beneden 1872 [nomen dubium], Palaeocetidae Seeley 1865 [synonym], Parabalaenopterinae Zeigler et al. 1997 [empty], Praemegapterinae Behrmann 1995 [empty]
G. †Isocetus Van Beneden 1880
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Isocetus depauwi Van Beneden and Gervais 1868
Invalid names: Aglaocetidae Steeman 2007 [invalid subgroup], Diorocetidae Steeman 2007 [invalid subgroup], Pelocetidae Steeman 2007 [invalid subgroup], Plesiocetus burtinii Van Beneden 1859 [nomen dubium]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available