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Heterocetus

Mammalia - Cetacea - Cetotheriidae

Taxonomy
Heterocetus was named by Capellini (1877) [Sepkoski's age data: T Mi-m T Mi-u Sepkoski's reference number: 746]. It was considered monophyletic by Newton (1891).

It was synonymized subjectively with Cetotherium by Lydekker (1887); it was reranked as Cetotherium (Heterocetus) by Newton (1891); it was synonymized subjectively with Plesiocetus by True (1912); it was considered a nomen dubium by Kimura and Ozawa (2002); it was considered a nomen dubium by Uhen and Pyenson (2007); it was considered a nomen dubium by Steeman (2010).

It was assigned to Cetotherium by Newton (1891); to Balaenopterinae by Trouessart (1898) and Trouessart (1904); to Balaenopteridae by Flores (1895) and Zittel (1925); to Cetacea by Sepkoski (2002); to Cetotheriinae by Whitmore and Barnes (2008); to Balaenopteroidea by Hampe and Ritsche (2011); and to Cetotheriidae by Kellogg (1928), Kellogg (1931), Simpson (1945), Carroll (1988), McKenna and Bell (1997), Lanzetti (2014) and Carone and Marra (2014).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1877Heterocetus Capellini
1886Heterocetus sprangii Van Beneden p. 36 figs. Plates 30-33
1891Cetotherium (Heterocetus) Newton p. 65
1895Heterocetus Flores p. 14
1898Heterocetus Trouessart p. 1075
1898Heterocetus sprangii Trouessart p. 1075
1904Heterocetus Trouessart p. 781
1904Heterocetus sprangii Trouessart p. 781
1925Heterocetus Zittel p. 87
1928Heterocetus Kellogg p. 35 figs. Table 1
1931Heterocetus Kellogg p. 312
1931Plesiocetus sprangi Van Deinse p. 133
1945Heterocetus Simpson p. 105
1988Heterocetus Carroll
1997Heterocetus McKenna and Bell p. 376
2002Heterocetus Sepkoski
2008Heterocetus Whitmore and Barnes p. 144
2011Heterocetus Hampe and Ritsche p. 101
2014Heterocetus Carone and Marra p. 123
2014Heterocetus Lanzetti p. 112

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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
RankNameAuthor
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Euungulata
Artiodactylamorpha
Artiodactyla()
Whippomorpha
orderCetacea
Pelagiceti
Neoceti
suborderMysticeti
Chaeomysticeti()
familyCetotheriidae()
genusHeterocetus

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.

G. †Heterocetus Capellini 1877
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Heterocetus brevifrons Van Beneden 1872
Heterocetus guiscardii Capellini 1877
Heterocetus major Stefano 1900
Heterocetus scriptus Vanden Broeck 1874
Invalid names: Heterocetus sprangii Van Beneden 1886 [nomen dubium]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available