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Taxonomy
Palaeophocaena was named by Abel (1905) [Sepkoski's age data: T Mi-u]. It is not extant.
It was assigned to Delphinoceti by Abel (1919); to Phocaenini by Zittel (1925); to Delphinidae by Kellogg (1928); to Phocaenidae by Abel (1905), Simpson (1945), Romero-Herrera et al. (1973) and Carroll (1988); to Delphinoidea by McKenna and Bell (1997) and Fordyce and de Muizon (2001); and to Cetacea by Sepkoski (2002).
It was assigned to Delphinoceti by Abel (1919); to Phocaenini by Zittel (1925); to Delphinidae by Kellogg (1928); to Phocaenidae by Abel (1905), Simpson (1945), Romero-Herrera et al. (1973) and Carroll (1988); to Delphinoidea by McKenna and Bell (1997) and Fordyce and de Muizon (2001); and to Cetacea by Sepkoski (2002).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1905 | Palaeophocaena Abel p. 376 figs. Fig. 1-2 |
| 1919 | Palaeophocaena Abel p. 772 |
| 1925 | Palaeophocaena Zittel p. 87 |
| 1928 | Palaeophocaena Kellogg p. 33 figs. Table 1 |
| 1945 | Palaeophocaena Simpson p. 104 |
| 1973 | Palaeophocaena Romero-Herrera et al. p. 391 |
| 1988 | Palaeophocaena Carroll |
| 1997 | Palaeophocaena McKenna and Bell p. 383 |
| 2001 | Palaeophocaena Fordyce and de Muizon p. 179 |
| 2002 | Palaeophocaena Sepkoski |
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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