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Taxonomy
Uranocetus was named by Steeman (2009).
It was assigned to Platanistinae by Trouessart (1898); to Stenodelphinae by Rovereto (1915); to Pontoporiidae by Cozzuol (1985) and Cozzuol (1996); to Pontoporiinae by Fordyce and de Muizon (2001); to Diorocetidae by Steeman (2009); to Thalassotherii by Bisconti et al. (2013); to Balaenopteroidea by Marx and Fordyce (2015); to Chaeomysticeti by Boessenecker and Fordyce (2015); and to Cetotheriidae by Berta (2017).
It was assigned to Platanistinae by Trouessart (1898); to Stenodelphinae by Rovereto (1915); to Pontoporiidae by Cozzuol (1985) and Cozzuol (1996); to Pontoporiinae by Fordyce and de Muizon (2001); to Diorocetidae by Steeman (2009); to Thalassotherii by Bisconti et al. (2013); to Balaenopteroidea by Marx and Fordyce (2015); to Chaeomysticeti by Boessenecker and Fordyce (2015); and to Cetotheriidae by Berta (2017).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1898 | Uranocetus Trouessart p. 1017 |
| 1915 | Uranocetus Rovereto p. 143 |
| 1985 | Uranocetus Cozzuol p. 44 |
| 1996 | Uranocetus Cozzuol p. 327 |
| 2001 | Uranocetus Fordyce and de Muizon p. 179 |
| 2009 | Uranocetus Steeman p. 1170 |
| 2013 | Uranocetus Bisconti et al. |
| 2015 | Uranocetus Boessenecker and Fordyce figs. Table 1 |
| 2015 | Uranocetus Marx and Fordyce p. 4 figs. Figure 2 |
| 2017 | Uranocetus Berta p. 168 |
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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