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Chonecetus
Taxonomy
Chonecetus was named by Russell (1968) [Sepkoski's age data: T Ol-u Sepkoski's reference number: 746,1022]. It was considered monophyletic by Fitzgerald (2010).
It was assigned to Archaeoceti by Russell (1968); to Cetacea by Whitmore and Sanders (1977), Carroll (1988), McKenna and Bell (1997), Sepkoski (2002); to Chonecetinae by Barnes et al. (1995), Geisler and Sanders (2003), Bouetel and Muizon (2006); and to Aetiocetidae by Kimura and Ozawa (2002), Steeman (2007), Uhen (2008), Uhen et al. (2008), Fitzgerald (2010), Geisler et al. (2011), Boessenecker and Fordyce (2015), Marx and Fordyce (2015), Marx et al. (2016), Fordyce and Marx (2016), Tsai and Kohno (2017), Berta (2017), Hernández Cisneros et al. (2017), Fordyce and Marx (2018), Hernández Cisneros and Velez-Juarbe (2024).
It was assigned to Archaeoceti by Russell (1968); to Cetacea by Whitmore and Sanders (1977), Carroll (1988), McKenna and Bell (1997), Sepkoski (2002); to Chonecetinae by Barnes et al. (1995), Geisler and Sanders (2003), Bouetel and Muizon (2006); and to Aetiocetidae by Kimura and Ozawa (2002), Steeman (2007), Uhen (2008), Uhen et al. (2008), Fitzgerald (2010), Geisler et al. (2011), Boessenecker and Fordyce (2015), Marx and Fordyce (2015), Marx et al. (2016), Fordyce and Marx (2016), Tsai and Kohno (2017), Berta (2017), Hernández Cisneros et al. (2017), Fordyce and Marx (2018), Hernández Cisneros and Velez-Juarbe (2024).
Species
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1968 | Chonecetus Russell p. 929 |
| 1977 | Chonecetus Whitmore and Sanders p. 305 |
| 1988 | Chonecetus Carroll |
| 1995 | Chonecetus Barnes et al. |
| 1995 | Morawanocetus Barnes et al. |
| 1997 | Chonecetus McKenna and Bell p. 368 |
| 2002 | Chonecetus Kimura and Ozawa |
| 2002 | Chonecetus Sepkoski |
| 2003 | Chonecetus Geisler and Sanders p. 27 |
| 2006 | Chonecetus Bouetel and Muizon p. 383 |
| 2007 | Chonecetus Steeman p. 880 |
| 2008 | Chonecetus Uhen p. 445 figs. Table 1 |
| 2008 | Morawanocetus Uhen p. 445 figs. Table 1 |
| 2008 | Chonecetus Uhen et al. p. 611 |
| 2010 | Chonecetus Fitzgerald p. 370 figs. Table 1 |
| 2010 | Morawanocetus Fitzgerald p. 370 figs. Table 1 |
| 2011 | Chonecetus Geisler et al. p. 6 figs. Table 1 |
| 2015 | Chonecetus Boessenecker and Fordyce figs. Table 1 |
| 2015 | Chonecetus Marx and Fordyce figs. Figure 2 |
| 2015 | Morawanocetus Marx and Fordyce figs. Figure 2 |
| 2015 | Morawanocetus Tsai and Ando |
| 2016 | Chonecetus Fordyce and Marx p. 114 figs. Fig. 4 |
| 2016 | Morawanocetus Fordyce and Marx p. 114 figs. Fig. 4 |
| 2016 | Chonecetus Marx et al. p. 105 |
| 2016 | Morawanocetus Marx et al. p. 105 |
| 2017 | Chonecetus Berta p. 166 |
| 2017 | Morawanocetus Berta p. 166 |
| 2017 | Chonecetus Hernández Cisneros et al. p. 156 |
| 2017 | Chonecetus Tsai and Kohno figs. Table 1 |
| 2017 | Morawanocetus Tsai and Kohno |
| 2018 | Chonecetus Fordyce and Marx p. 5 figs. Fig. 4 |
| 2024 | Chonecetus Hernández Cisneros and Velez-Juarbe p. 2 |
| 2024 | Morawanocetus Hernández Cisneros and Velez-Juarbe p. 2 |
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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. †Chonecetus Russell 1968
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†Chonecetus sookensis Russell 1968
†Chonecetus tomitai Barnes et al. 1995
Invalid names: Morawanocetus Barnes et al. 1995 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available