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Taxonomy
Preaulophyseter was named by Caviglia and Jorge (1980). It is not extant.
It was assigned to Hoplocetinae by Muizon (1990) and Fordyce and de Muizon (2001); to Physeteridae by Caviglia and Jorge (1980), Cozzuol (1996) and Kazár (2002); and to Physeteroidea by Perez et al. (2011).
It was assigned to Hoplocetinae by Muizon (1990) and Fordyce and de Muizon (2001); to Physeteridae by Caviglia and Jorge (1980), Cozzuol (1996) and Kazár (2002); and to Physeteroidea by Perez et al. (2011).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1980 | Preaulophyseter Caviglia and Jorge p. 363 figs. Plates 1-2 |
| 1990 | Preaulophyseter Muizon p. 298 |
| 1996 | Preaulophyseter Cozzuol p. 324 |
| 2001 | Preaulophyseter Fordyce and de Muizon p. 179 |
| 2002 | Preaulophyseter Kazár p. 163 |
| 2011 | Preaulophyseter Perez et al. p. 648 |
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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. †Preaulophyseter Caviglia and Jorge 1980
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†Preaulophyseter gualichensis Caviglia and Jorge 1980
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range: base of the Late/Upper Oligocene to the top of the Late/Upper Miocene or 28.40000 to 5.33300 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Oligocene - Late/Upper Miocene | Argentina (Rio Negro) | P. gualichensis (46898) |