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Taxonomy
Heterocetus affinis was named by Van Beneden and Gervais (1868) [no type specimen listed in Van Beneden (1880); lectotype after Steeman (2010)
]. Its type specimen is lectotype IRScNB CtM 605 a-b/Reg 301, a partial skull (left periotic and bulla), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Deurne (Fort 1), Deurne Sand, which is in a Tortonian lagoonal sandstone in the Diest Formation of Belgium.
It was recombined as Cetotherium affine by Lydekker (1887); it was recombined as Plesiocetus affinis by Van Deinse (1931); it was recombined as Parietobalaena affinis by Steeman (2010).
It was recombined as Cetotherium affine by Lydekker (1887); it was recombined as Plesiocetus affinis by Van Deinse (1931); it was recombined as Parietobalaena affinis by Steeman (2010).
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1868 | Heterocetus affinis Van Beneden and Gervais p. 21 |
1874 | Heterocetus affinis Vanden Broeck p. 198 |
1880 | Heterocetus affinis Van Beneden p. 21 |
1887 | Cetotherium affine Lydekker p. 47 |
1898 | Heterocetus affinis Trouessart p. 1075 |
1901 | Heterocetus affinis Abel p. 42 |
1904 | Heterocetus affinis Trouessart p. 781 |
1931 | Plesiocetus affinis Van Deinse p. 121 |
1958 | Heterocetus affinis Misonne p. 107 |
2010 | Parietobalaena affinis Steeman p. 73 |
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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.
†Parietobalaena affinis Van Beneden and Gervais 1868
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available