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Cetotheriophanes
Taxonomy
Cetotherium (Cetotheriophanes) was named by Brandt (1873). Its type is Cetotheriophanes capellinii.
It was synonymized subjectively with Cetotherium by Lydekker (1887); it was synonymized subjectively with Plesiocetus by True (1912); it was synonymized subjectively with Balaenoptera by Simpson (1945) and McKenna and Bell (1997); it was considered a nomen dubium by Kellogg (1931); it was reranked as Cetotheriophanes by Kellogg (1928), Deméré et al. (2005) and Berta (2017).
It was assigned to Cetotherium by Brandt (1873) and Palmer (1904); and to Balaenopteridae by Kellogg (1928), Deméré et al. (2005) and Berta (2017).
It was synonymized subjectively with Cetotherium by Lydekker (1887); it was synonymized subjectively with Plesiocetus by True (1912); it was synonymized subjectively with Balaenoptera by Simpson (1945) and McKenna and Bell (1997); it was considered a nomen dubium by Kellogg (1931); it was reranked as Cetotheriophanes by Kellogg (1928), Deméré et al. (2005) and Berta (2017).
It was assigned to Cetotherium by Brandt (1873) and Palmer (1904); and to Balaenopteridae by Kellogg (1928), Deméré et al. (2005) and Berta (2017).
Subtaxa
C. capellinii (type species)
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1873 | Cetotherium (Cetotheriophanes) Brandt p. 148 |
1904 | Cetotherium (Cetotheriophanes) Palmer p. 175 |
1928 | Cetotheriophanes Kellogg p. 35 figs. Table 1 |
2005 | Cetotheriophanes Deméré et al. p. 105 figs. Table II |
2017 | Cetotheriophanes 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