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Microzeuglodon

Mammalia - Cetacea

Taxonomy
Microzeuglodon was named by Stromer (1903) [Sepkoski's age data: T Ol-u Sepkoski's reference number: 746].

It was reranked as Squalodon (Microzeuglodon) by Ravn (1926); it was considered a nomen nudum by Kellogg (1923); it was considered a nomen dubium by Fordyce and de Muizon (2001); it was considered a nomen dubium by Uhen and Pyenson (2007) and Godfrey et al. (2016).

It was assigned to Microzeuglodoptidae by Abel (1919); to Squalodon by Ravn (1926); to Squalodontidae by Kellogg (1928); to Microzeuglodontidae by Abel (1914) and Riabinin (1938); to Agorophiidae by Rothausen (1968); to Zeuglodontidae by Mchedlidze (1970); to Archaeoceti by Simpson (1945) and Carroll (1988); to Autoceta by McKenna and Bell (1997); to Cetacea by Sepkoski (2002); to Odontoceti by Geisler and Sanders (2003); to Protocetidae by van Vliet (2004); and to Neoceti by Mori et al. (2017).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1903Microzeuglodon Stromer
1914Microzeuglodon Abel
1919Microzeuglodon Abel p. 751
1926Squalodon (Microzeuglodon) Ravn p. 53
1928Microzeuglodon Kellogg p. 32 figs. Table 1
1938Microzeuglodon Riabinin p. 141
1945Microzeuglodon Simpson p. 100
1968Microzeuglodon Rothausen p. 98
1970Microzeuglodon Mchedlidze p. 51
1988Microzeuglodon Carroll
1997Microzeuglodon McKenna and Bell p. 371
2002Microzeuglodon Sepkoski
2003Microzeuglodon Geisler and Sanders p. 28
2004Microzeuglodon van Vliet p. 143
2017Microzeuglodon Mori et al. p. 209 figs. Table 1

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Euungulata
Artiodactylamorpha
Artiodactyla()
Whippomorpha
orderCetacea
Pelagiceti
Neoceti
genusMicrozeuglodon

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. †Microzeuglodon Stromer 1903
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Microzeuglodon caucasicum Lydekker 1892
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available