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Basilosaurus cetoides
Taxonomy
Zeuglodon cetoides was named by Owen (1839) [ANSP 12944-12949 constitute the holotype according to Spammer et al. 1995.
ANSP 12944-12949 constitute the holotype according to Spammer et al. 1995.
]. Its type specimen is ANSP 12944A, a set of vertebrae (lumbar vertebra), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Ouachita River, which is in a Priabonian offshore shelf marl in the Yazoo Formation of Louisiana.
It was synonymized subjectively with Zeuglodon macrospondylus by Bronn (1853); it was recombined as Basilosaurus cetoides by Gibbes (1847), Leidy (1854), Gray and Adams (1859), Cope (1868), Leidy (1869), Hay (1902), Trouessart (1904), Hay (1930), Kellogg (1936), Sherman (1952), Mchedlidze (1970), Thurmond and Jones (1981), Uhen (2002), van Vliet (2004), Uhen (2004), McLeod and Barnes (2008), Uhen (2008), Uhen (2009), Schouten (2011), Kalmykov (2012), Uhen (2013), Uhen (2018) and Smith et al. (2021).
It was synonymized subjectively with Zeuglodon macrospondylus by Bronn (1853); it was recombined as Basilosaurus cetoides by Gibbes (1847), Leidy (1854), Gray and Adams (1859), Cope (1868), Leidy (1869), Hay (1902), Trouessart (1904), Hay (1930), Kellogg (1936), Sherman (1952), Mchedlidze (1970), Thurmond and Jones (1981), Uhen (2002), van Vliet (2004), Uhen (2004), McLeod and Barnes (2008), Uhen (2008), Uhen (2009), Schouten (2011), Kalmykov (2012), Uhen (2013), Uhen (2018) and Smith et al. (2021).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1839 | Zeuglodon cetoides Owen p. 69 figs. Plates 7-9 |
1842 | Zeuglodon harlani De Kay p. 123 |
1845 | Hydrargos sillimanii Koch |
1845 | Zeuglodon ceti Wyman |
1845 | Hydrarchos sillimani Wyman pp. 65-68 |
1847 | Basilosaurus cetoides Gibbes |
1848 | Basilosaurus harlani Hammerschmidt p. 323 |
1849 | Zeuglodon macrospondylus Müller p. 239 |
1853 | Zeuglodon macrospondylus Bronn p. 769 |
1854 | Basilosaurus cetoides Leidy p. 8 |
1859 | Basilosaurus cetoides Gray and Adams p. 203 |
1868 | Basilosaurus cetoides Cope p. 155 |
1869 | Basilosaurus cetoides Leidy p. 427 |
1887 | Zeuglodon cetoides Lydekker p. 50 |
1890 | Zeuglodon cetoides Cope p. 602 |
1898 | Zeuglodon macrospondylus Trouessart p. 1010 |
1902 | Basilosaurus cetoides Hay p. 587 |
1904 | Basilosaurus cetoides Trouessart p. 753 |
1906 | Alabamornis gigantea Abel pp. 450-458 |
1914 | Zeuglodon cetoides Abel p. 220 |
1925 | Zeuglodon cetoides Zittel p. 85 |
1930 | Basilosaurus cetoides Hay p. 570 |
1936 | Basilosaurus cetoides Kellogg p. 15 |
1952 | Basilosaurus cetoides Sherman p. 99 |
1970 | Basilosaurus cetoides Mchedlidze p. 50 |
1981 | Basilosaurus cetoides Thurmond and Jones p. 193 |
2002 | Basilosaurus cetoides Uhen p. 79 |
2004 | Basilosaurus cetoides Uhen p. 12 |
2004 | Basilosaurus cetoides van Vliet p. 143 |
2008 | Basilosaurus cetoides McLeod and Barnes p. 94 |
2008 | Basilosaurus cetoides Uhen p. 561 |
2009 | Basilosaurus cetoides Uhen p. 93 |
2011 | Basilosaurus cetoides Schouten p. 18 |
2012 | Basilosaurus cetoides Kalmykov p. 79 |
2013 | Basilosaurus cetoides Uhen p. 6 figs. Figure 3 |
2018 | Basilosaurus cetoides Uhen |
2021 | Basilosaurus cetoides Smith et al. |
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†Basilosaurus cetoides Owen 1839
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Invalid names: Alabamornis gigantea Abel 1906 [synonym], Hydrarchos sillimani Wyman 1845 [synonym], Hydrargos sillimanii Koch 1845 [synonym], Zeuglodon ceti Wyman 1845 [synonym], Zeuglodon harlani De Kay 1842 [synonym], Zeuglodon macrospondylus Müller 1849 [synonym]
Diagnosis
Reference | Diagnosis | |
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M. D. Uhen 2013 | Basilosaurus cetoides is distinguished from Basilosaurus isis by its slightly larger size (Gingerich et al., 1990). |