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Taxonomy
Amphicetus was named by Van Beneden (1880) [Sepkoski's age data: T Plio-l].
It was synonymized subjectively with Cetotherium by Lydekker (1887); it was synonymized subjectively with Plesiocetus by True (1912); it was considered a nomen dubium by Uhen and Pyenson (2007).
It was assigned to Balaenopterinae by Trouessart (1898) and Trouessart (1904); to Balaenidae by Palmer (1904); to Cetotheriidae by Kellogg (1928), Simpson (1945), Carroll (1988) and McKenna and Bell (1997); to Cetacea by Sepkoski (2002); to Cetotheriinae by Whitmore and Barnes (2008); to Diorocetidae by Steeman (2007) and Steeman (2010); and to Balaenopteroidea by Hampe and Ritsche (2011).
It was synonymized subjectively with Cetotherium by Lydekker (1887); it was synonymized subjectively with Plesiocetus by True (1912); it was considered a nomen dubium by Uhen and Pyenson (2007).
It was assigned to Balaenopterinae by Trouessart (1898) and Trouessart (1904); to Balaenidae by Palmer (1904); to Cetotheriidae by Kellogg (1928), Simpson (1945), Carroll (1988) and McKenna and Bell (1997); to Cetacea by Sepkoski (2002); to Cetotheriinae by Whitmore and Barnes (2008); to Diorocetidae by Steeman (2007) and Steeman (2010); and to Balaenopteroidea by Hampe and Ritsche (2011).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1880 | Amphicetus Van Beneden p. 20 |
| 1880 | Amphicetus editus Van Beneden p. 20 |
| 1880 | Amphicetus verus Van Beneden p. 20 |
| 1898 | Amphicetus Trouessart p. 1075 |
| 1898 | Amphicetus editus Trouessart p. 1075 |
| 1898 | Amphicetus verus Trouessart p. 1075 |
| 1904 | Amphicetus Palmer p. 94 |
| 1904 | Amphicetus editus Palmer p. 94 |
| 1904 | Amphicetus verus Palmer p. 94 |
| 1904 | Amphicetus Trouessart p. 781 |
| 1904 | Amphicetus editus Trouessart p. 781 |
| 1904 | Amphicetus verus Trouessart p. 781 |
| 1928 | Amphicetus Kellogg p. 35 figs. Table 1 |
| 1931 | Plesiocetus verus Van Deinse p. 121 |
| 1945 | Amphicetus Simpson p. 104 |
| 1988 | Amphicetus Carroll |
| 1997 | Amphicetus McKenna and Bell p. 376 |
| 2002 | Amphicetus Sepkoski |
| 2007 | Amphicetus Steeman p. 880 |
| 2008 | Amphicetus Whitmore and Barnes p. 144 |
| 2010 | Amphicetus Steeman p. 70 |
| 2011 | Amphicetus Hampe and Ritsche p. 88 |
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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. †Amphicetus Van Beneden 1880
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†Amphicetus later Van Beneden 1880
Invalid names: Amphicetus editus Van Beneden 1880 [nomen dubium], Amphicetus verus Van Beneden 1880 [nomen dubium]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range: base of the Serravallian to the top of the Tortonian or 13.82000 to 7.24600 Ma
Collections (7 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Langhian - Serravallian | Belgium | A. verus (59123) | |
| Serravallian | Germany (Schleswig–Holstein) | A. sp. (124766) | |
| Serravallian | Netherlands | A. sp., A. verus, Plesiocetus verus (75152) | |
| Tortonian | Belgium (Antwerpen) | A. later (52049) A. later, A. verus (66960) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Netherlands | Plesiocetus verus (53889) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene - Late/Upper Pliocene | Belgium (Antwerpen) | A. verus, A. editus (47465) |