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Eucetotherium
Taxonomy
Cetotherium (Eucetotherium) was named by Brandt (1873) [Sepkoski's age data: T Mi-m T Mi-u Sepkoski's reference number: 746]. It is not extant.
It was synonymized subjectively with Cetotherium by Lydekker (1887); it was reranked as Eucetotherium by Kellogg (1928), Simpson (1945), Carroll (1988), McKenna and Bell (1997), Sepkoski (2002), Goldin et al. (2014), Goldin and Startsev (2014), Gol'din and Steeman (2015), Berta (2017) and Gol'din (2018).
It was assigned to Cetotherium by Brandt (1873), Palmer (1904) and True (1912); to Cetacea by Sepkoski (2002); and to Cetotheriidae by Kellogg (1928), Simpson (1945), Carroll (1988), McKenna and Bell (1997), Goldin et al. (2014), Goldin and Startsev (2014), Gol'din and Steeman (2015), Berta (2017) and Gol'din (2018).
It was synonymized subjectively with Cetotherium by Lydekker (1887); it was reranked as Eucetotherium by Kellogg (1928), Simpson (1945), Carroll (1988), McKenna and Bell (1997), Sepkoski (2002), Goldin et al. (2014), Goldin and Startsev (2014), Gol'din and Steeman (2015), Berta (2017) and Gol'din (2018).
It was assigned to Cetotherium by Brandt (1873), Palmer (1904) and True (1912); to Cetacea by Sepkoski (2002); and to Cetotheriidae by Kellogg (1928), Simpson (1945), Carroll (1988), McKenna and Bell (1997), Goldin et al. (2014), Goldin and Startsev (2014), Gol'din and Steeman (2015), Berta (2017) and Gol'din (2018).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1873 | Cetotherium (Eucetotherium) Brandt p. 143 |
| 1904 | Cetotherium (Eucetotherium) Palmer p. 273 |
| 1912 | Cetotherium (Eucetotherium) True p. 3 |
| 1928 | Eucetotherium Kellogg p. 35 figs. Table 1 |
| 1945 | Eucetotherium Simpson p. 104 |
| 1988 | Eucetotherium Carroll |
| 1997 | Eucetotherium McKenna and Bell p. 376 |
| 2002 | Eucetotherium Sepkoski |
| 2014 | Eucetotherium Goldin and Startsev p. 419 |
| 2015 | Eucetotherium Gol'din and Steeman p. 13 figs. Figure 10 |
| 2017 | Eucetotherium Berta p. 168 |
| 2018 | Eucetotherium Gol'din p. 23 figs. Fig. 14 |
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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
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range: base of the Sarmatian to the top of the Serravallian or 12.70000 to 11.62000 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serravallian | Russian Federation (Dagestan) | E. sp. (49685) | |
| Sarmatian | Russian Federation (Krasnodar) | Cetotherium helmersenii (85297) |