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Llanocetus
Taxonomy
Llanocetus was named by Mitchell (1989) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-u Sepkoski's reference number: 1022]. Its type is Llanocetus denticrenatus.
It was assigned to Cetacea by Sepkoski (2002); to Mysticeti by Marx and Fordyce (2015); and to Llanocetidae by Mitchell (1989), Cozzuol (1996), McKenna and Bell (1997), Geisler and Sanders (2003), Steeman (2007), Fordyce and Roberts (2009), Fitzgerald (2010), Tsai and Fordyce (2015), Marx et al. (2016), Tsai and Kohno (2017), Berta (2017), Fordyce and Marx (2018) and Marx et al. (2019).
It was assigned to Cetacea by Sepkoski (2002); to Mysticeti by Marx and Fordyce (2015); and to Llanocetidae by Mitchell (1989), Cozzuol (1996), McKenna and Bell (1997), Geisler and Sanders (2003), Steeman (2007), Fordyce and Roberts (2009), Fitzgerald (2010), Tsai and Fordyce (2015), Marx et al. (2016), Tsai and Kohno (2017), Berta (2017), Fordyce and Marx (2018) and Marx et al. (2019).
Species
L. denticrenatus (type species)
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1989 | Llanocetus Mitchell |
| 1996 | Llanocetus Cozzuol p. 324 |
| 1997 | Llanocetus McKenna and Bell p. 375 |
| 2002 | Llanocetus Sepkoski |
| 2003 | Llanocetus Geisler and Sanders p. 27 |
| 2007 | Llanocetus Steeman p. 880 |
| 2009 | Llanocetus Fordyce and Roberts p. 553 |
| 2010 | Llanocetus Fitzgerald p. 370 figs. Table 1 |
| 2015 | Llanocetus Marx and Fordyce figs. Figure 2 |
| 2015 | Llanocetus Tsai and Fordyce |
| 2016 | Llanocetus Marx et al. p. 103 |
| 2017 | Llanocetus Berta p. 166 |
| 2017 | Llanocetus Tsai and Kohno figs. Table 1 |
| 2018 | Llanocetus Fordyce and Marx p. 1 figs. Fig. 4 |
| 2019 | Llanocetus Marx et al. p. 99 |
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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.
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available