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Albireo
Taxonomy
Albireo was named by Barnes (1984) [Sepkoski's age data: T Mi-u Sepkoski's reference number: 746]. It is not extant. Its type is Albireo whistleri.
It was assigned to Cetacea by Sepkoski (2002); and to Albireonidae by Barnes (1984), Carroll (1988), Vidal (1991), Benton (1993), McKenna and Bell (1997), Fordyce and de Muizon (2001), Barnes (2008), Uhen et al. (2008), Geisler et al. (2011), Marx et al. (2016) and Berta (2017).
It was assigned to Cetacea by Sepkoski (2002); and to Albireonidae by Barnes (1984), Carroll (1988), Vidal (1991), Benton (1993), McKenna and Bell (1997), Fordyce and de Muizon (2001), Barnes (2008), Uhen et al. (2008), Geisler et al. (2011), Marx et al. (2016) and Berta (2017).
Species
A. savagei, A. whistleri (type species)
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1984 | Albireo Barnes p. 31 |
| 1988 | Albireo Carroll |
| 1991 | Albireo Vidal p. 5 |
| 1993 | Albireo Benton p. 762 |
| 1997 | Albireo McKenna and Bell p. 391 |
| 2001 | Albireo Fordyce and de Muizon p. 179 |
| 2002 | Albireo Sepkoski |
| 2008 | Albireo Barnes p. 102 |
| 2008 | Albireo Uhen et al. p. 590 |
| 2011 | Albireo Geisler et al. p. 6 figs. Table 1 |
| 2016 | Albireo Marx et al. p. 134 |
| 2017 | Albireo Berta p. 164 |
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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.
G. †Albireo Barnes 1984
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†Albireo savagei Barnes 2008
†Albireo whistleri Barnes 1984
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range: base of the Messinian to the top of the Piacenzian or 7.24600 to 2.58800 Ma
Collections (4 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Messinian | Mexico (Baja California Sur) | A. whistleri (84610) | |
| Messinian | Mexico (Baja California) | A. sp. (45458) A. whistleri (45460) | |
| Piacenzian | USA (California) | A. savagei (13451) |