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Auroracetus
Taxonomy
Auroracetus was named by Gibson and Geisler (2009). Its type is Auroracetus bakerae.
It was assigned to Pontoporiinae by Gibson and Geisler (2009); and to Pontoporiidae by Geisler et al. (2012), Marx et al. (2016) and Berta (2017).
It was assigned to Pontoporiinae by Gibson and Geisler (2009); and to Pontoporiidae by Geisler et al. (2012), Marx et al. (2016) and Berta (2017).
Species
A. bakerae (type species)
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 2009 | Auroracetus Gibson and Geisler p. 966 |
| 2012 | Auroracetus Geisler et al. p. 207 figs. Figure 7 |
| 2016 | Auroracetus Marx et al. p. 133 |
| 2017 | Auroracetus Berta p. 164 |
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G. †Auroracetus Gibson and Geisler 2009
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†Auroracetus bakerae Gibson and Geisler 2009
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available