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Cetacea

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Pontogeneus sp.

Alachua County, Florida, USA

Dorudon serratus

Huber Mine No. 34, Twiggs County, Georgia, USA

Squalodon sp.

North Carolina, USA

Pontogeneus sp.

Alachua County, Florida, USA

Dorudon serratus

Huber Mine No. 34, Twiggs County, Georgia, USA

Squalodon sp.

North Carolina, USA

Pontogeneus sp.

Alachua County, Florida, USA

Dorudon serratus

Huber Mine No. 34, Twiggs County, Georgia, USA

Description

Cetaceans (from Latin: cetus, lit. 'whale', from Ancient Greek: κῆτος, romanized: kētos, lit. 'huge fish') are aquatic mammals constituting the infraorder Cetacea. There are around 89 living species, which are divided into two parvorders. The first is the Odontoceti, the toothed whales, which consist of around 70 species, including the dolphin (which includes killer whales), porpoise, beluga whale, narwhal, sperm whale, and beaked whale. The second is the Mysticeti, the baleen (from Latin: balæna, lit. 'whale') whales, which have a filter-feeder system, and consist of fifteen species divided into three families, and include the blue whale, right whale, bowhead whale, rorqual, and gray whale.

From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cetacea, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	733	https://www.gbif.org/species/733
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	36652	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=36652

Rank

order

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Cetacea

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Triploblastica	Lankester 1877
-	Nephrozoa	Jondelius et al. 2002
-	Deuterostomia	Grobben 1908
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1847
subphylum	Vertebrata	Lamarck 1801
superclass	Gnathostomata	Gegenbauer 1874
-	Osteichthyes
-	Sarcopterygii	Romer 1955
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha
-	Tetrapoda
-	Reptiliomorpha	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Anthracosauria	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Batrachosauria
-	Cotylosauria
-	Amniota	Haeckel 1866
-	Synapsida	Osborn 1903
-	Therapsida
infraorder	Cynodontia
-	Epicynodontia	Hopson and Kitching 2001
infraorder	Eucynodontia	Kemp 1982
-	Probainognathia	Hopson 1990
-	Mammaliamorpha	Rowe 1988
-	Mammaliaformes	Rowe 1988
class	Mammalia	Linnaeus 1758
order	Cetacea	Brisson 1762

Common Name

whale

Scientific Name

Cetacea

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Cetacea	class	belongs to Vertebrosa	stated without evidence	Gray, 1821
Cetacea	order	belongs to Mammalia	stated without evidence	Bronn, 1853
Cetacea	order	belongs to Monodelphia	stated without evidence	Pictet, 1853
Cetacea	order	belongs to Mammalia	stated with evidence	Leidy, 1873
Cetacea	order	belongs to Mammalia	stated without evidence	Cope, 1875
Cetacea	order	belongs to Eutheria	stated without evidence	Flower, 1883
Cetacea	order	belongs to Mutilata	stated without evidence	Cope, 1889
Cetacea	unranked clade	belongs to Homalodonta	stated without evidence	Ameghino, 1889
Cetacea	order	belongs to Eutheria	stated without evidence	Flower and Lydekker, 1891
Cetacea	order	subjective synonym of Cete	stated without evidence	Hay, 1902
Cetacea	order	belongs to Mammalia	stated without evidence	Case, 1904
Cetacea	superorder	belongs to Eutheria	stated without evidence	Gregory, 1910
Cetacea	order	belongs to Holotheria	stated without evidence	Jaekel, 1911
Cetacea	order	belongs to Mammalia	stated without evidence	Abel, 1919
Cetacea	order	belongs to Mutica	stated without evidence	Simpson, 1945
Cetacea	order	belongs to Mammalia	stated without evidence	Hershkovitz, 1966
Cetacea	order	belongs to Mutica	stated without evidence	Harland et al., 1967
Cetacea	order	belongs to Cete	stated without evidence	McKenna, 1975
Cetacea	order	belongs to Mammalia	stated without evidence	Barnes, 1978
Cetacea	order	belongs to Eutheria	implied	Carroll, 1988
Cetacea	order	belongs to Cetartiodactyla	stated without evidence	Montgelard et al., 1997
Cetacea	order	belongs to Mammalia	stated without evidence	Bianucci, 1997
Cetacea	suborder	belongs to Cete	implied	McKenna and Bell, 1997
Cetacea	order	belongs to Cete	stated without evidence	Archibald, 1998
Cetacea	order	belongs to Mammalia	stated without evidence	Thewissen and Hussain, 1998
Cetacea	order	belongs to Whippomorpha	stated without evidence	Waddell et al., 1999
Cetacea	order	belongs to Cetruminantia	stated without evidence	Ursing et al., 2000
Cetacea	order	belongs to Cetartiodactyla	stated without evidence	Thewissen et al., 2001
Cetacea	order	belongs to Mammalia	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Cetacea	unranked clade	belongs to Cetartiodactyla	stated without evidence	Geisler and Sanders, 2003
Cetacea	order	belongs to Cetancodonta	stated without evidence	Arnason et al., 2004
Cetacea	order	belongs to Cetartiodactyla	stated without evidence	Uhen, 2004
Cetacea	order	belongs to Mammalia	stated without evidence	Cahuzac et al., 2005
Cetacea	order	belongs to Whippomorpha	stated without evidence	Boisserie et al., 2005
Cetacea	order	belongs to Cete	stated without evidence	Hampe, 2006
Cetacea	order	belongs to Mammalia	stated without evidence	Bisconti and Varola, 2006
Cetacea	suborder	belongs to Cete	stated without evidence	Hulbert and Whitmore, 2006
Cetacea	order	belongs to Mammalia	stated without evidence	Bisconti, 2007
Cetacea	order	belongs to Cetartiodactyla	stated without evidence	Bisconti, 2008
Cetacea	unranked clade	belongs to Cetancodonta	stated without evidence	Agnarsson and May-Collado, 2008
Cetacea	order	belongs to Mammalia	stated without evidence	Gingerich et al., 2009
Cetacea	unranked clade	belongs to Cetaceamorpha	stated without evidence	Spaulding et al., 2009
Cetacea	suborder	belongs to Cete	stated without evidence	Canto et al., 2010
Cetacea	unranked clade	belongs to Whippomorpha	stated without evidence	Asher and Helgen, 2010
Cetacea	order	belongs to Cetancodonta	stated without evidence	Boisserie et al., 2011
Cetacea	order	belongs to Whippomorpha	stated without evidence	Uhen et al., 2011
Cetacea	order	belongs to Cetartiodactyla	stated without evidence	Jefferson and Rosenbaum, 2014
Cetacea	order	belongs to Mammalia	stated without evidence	Boessenecker and Fordyce, 2015
Cetacea	class	belongs to Artiodactyla	stated without evidence	Godfrey et al., 2017
Cetacea	unranked clade	belongs to Cetartiodactyla	stated without evidence	Berta, 2017

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

1,259

Extant Size (PBDB)

259 (21%)

First Recorded Appearance

56.0 - 47.8 Ma
Eocene

Environment

marine

Motility

actively mobile

Diet

carnivore

Reproduction

viviparous

Ontogeny

modification of parts

Taphonomy

hydroxylapatite

Primary Reference (PBDB)

M. J. Brisson. 1762. Regnum Animale in classes IX distributum, sive synopsis methodica, Ed. 2

Common Name(s)

Walvisachtigen, Cetaceans, Whale, Whales, Whales, Dolphins, And Porpoises, Dolphins, Marine Mammals, Porpoises, Baleines, Cétacés, Dauphins, Mammfères Marins, Marsouins, Baleia, Cetáceo, Golfinho

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cetacea

External Images

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Balaenoidorum suborder	listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Mystacoceta suborder	listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Mystacoceti suborder	listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Proteroceta ✝ suborder	listed (PBDB)
Protocetoidea ✝ superfamily	listed (PBDB)
Remingtonocetoidea ✝ superfamily	listed (PBDB)
Acrodelphidae family	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Acrodelphinidae ✝ family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		13	28.1 Ma Oligocene	11.6 Ma Miocene
Aetiocetidae ✝ family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		34	33.9 Ma Oligocene	23.0 Ma Miocene
Agorophiidae ✝ family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		5	33.9 Ma Oligocene	28.1 Ma Oligocene
Albireonidae ✝ family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		6	7.25 Ma Miocene	3.60 Ma Pliocene
Allodelphinidae ✝ family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		10	28.1 Ma Oligocene	13.8 Ma Miocene
Ambulocetidae ✝ family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	47.8 Ma Eocene	47.8 Ma Eocene
Ashleycetidae ✝ family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	33.9 Ma Oligocene	33.9 Ma Oligocene
Balaenidae family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	Right Whale	235	23.0 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Balaenodontae ✝ family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Balaenopteridae family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	Rorqual	397	28.4 Ma Oligocene	0 Ma Extant
Balanadae family	listed (PBDB)	Right Whale			0 Ma Extant
Basilosauridae family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		276	56.0 Ma Paleocene	0 Ma Extant
Cetotheriidae family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		227	28.1 Ma Oligocene	0 Ma Extant
Cetotheriopsidae ✝ family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Dalpiazinidae ✝ family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	28.4 Ma Oligocene	20.4 Ma Miocene
Delphinidae family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	Dolphin	544	23.0 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Eomysticetidae ✝ family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		17	34.3 Ma Eocene	27.3 Ma Oligocene
Eoplatanistidae family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		8	23.0 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Eschrichtiidae family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	Gray Whale	40	11.6 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Eurhinodelphidae family	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Eurhinodelphinidae ✝ family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		172	28.4 Ma Oligocene	11.6 Ma Miocene
Hapalodectidae ✝ family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	Condylarth	25	61.7 Ma Paleocene	48.6 Ma Eocene
Hemisyntrachelidae family	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Hyperoodontidae family	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Hypognathodontidae family	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Iniidae family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		38	20.4 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Inticetidae ✝ family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	20.4 Ma Miocene	11.6 Ma Miocene
Janjucetidae family	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Kentriodontidae ✝ family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		129	28.1 Ma Oligocene	5.33 Ma Miocene
Kogiidae family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	Pygmy Sperm Whale	60	23.0 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Lipotidae family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		9	11.6 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Llanocetidae ✝ family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	38.0 Ma Eocene	38.0 Ma Eocene
Mammalodontidae ✝ family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		13	28.4 Ma Oligocene	25.2 Ma Oligocene
Mesonychidae ✝ family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	Condylarth	254	66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	33.9 Ma Oligocene
Mirocetidae ✝ family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	33.9 Ma Oligocene	33.9 Ma Oligocene
Monodontidae family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		86	20.4 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Mystacodontidae ✝ family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	38.0 Ma Eocene	38.0 Ma Eocene
Neobalaenidae family	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Neoballaenidae family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	Pygmy Right Whale			0 Ma Extant
Odobenocetopsidae ✝ family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	11.6 Ma Miocene	7.25 Ma Miocene
Pakicetidae ✝ family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		15	56.0 Ma Paleocene	47.8 Ma Eocene
Patriocetidae ✝ family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		7	28.1 Ma Oligocene	20.4 Ma Miocene
Phocoenidae family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	Porpoise	93	16.0 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Physeteridae family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	Sperm Whale	190	28.1 Ma Oligocene	0 Ma Extant
Platanistidae family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		79	23.0 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Pontoporiidae family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		49	23.0 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Prosqualodontidae ✝ family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	28.1 Ma Oligocene	28.1 Ma Oligocene
Protocetidae ✝ family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		62	48.6 Ma Eocene	38.0 Ma Eocene
Pterobalaenidae family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	Pike Whale			0 Ma Extant
Remingtonocetidae ✝ family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		30	47.8 Ma Eocene	47.8 Ma Eocene
Rhabdosteidae family	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Rhynchoceti family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Simocetidae family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	33.9 Ma Oligocene	0 Ma Extant
Squalodelphidae family	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Squalodelphinidae ✝ family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		26	28.1 Ma Oligocene	16.0 Ma Miocene
Squalodontidae ✝ family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		136	33.9 Ma Oligocene	5.33 Ma Miocene
Tranatocetidae ✝ family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	11.6 Ma Miocene	11.6 Ma Miocene
Triisodontidae ✝ family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		53	66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	61.7 Ma Paleocene
Waipatiidae ✝ family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		14	28.4 Ma Oligocene	16.0 Ma Miocene
Xenorophidae ✝ family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		15	33.9 Ma Oligocene	28.1 Ma Oligocene
Zignodelphidae family	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ziphiidae family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	Beaked Whale	332	28.1 Ma Oligocene	0 Ma Extant
Acrophyseter ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	13.8 Ma Miocene	7.25 Ma Miocene
Amphiptera genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Awadelphis ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	7.25 Ma Miocene	7.25 Ma Miocene
Brujadelphis ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	13.8 Ma Miocene	13.8 Ma Miocene
Coronodon ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	33.9 Ma Oligocene	33.9 Ma Oligocene
Diorocetus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		11	20.4 Ma Miocene	13.8 Ma Miocene
Eudelphis ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	20.4 Ma Miocene	16.0 Ma Miocene
Graamocetus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	11.6 Ma Miocene	11.6 Ma Miocene
Halicetus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	16.0 Ma Miocene	13.8 Ma Miocene
Herentalia ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	11.6 Ma Miocene	11.6 Ma Miocene
Herpetocetus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		50	23.0 Ma Miocene	0.13 Ma Pleistocene
Imerocetus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	11.6 Ma Miocene	11.6 Ma Miocene
Isocetus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	16.0 Ma Miocene	11.6 Ma Miocene
Isthminia ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	7.25 Ma Miocene	7.25 Ma Miocene
Kurdalagonus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	13.8 Ma Miocene	11.6 Ma Miocene
Livyatan ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	23.0 Ma Miocene	11.6 Ma Miocene
Loncodelphis ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Nanisocetus ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Neosqualodon ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		11	28.1 Ma Oligocene	11.6 Ma Miocene
Palaeobalaena genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Phococetus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	23.0 Ma Miocene	20.4 Ma Miocene
Piscocetus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	7.25 Ma Miocene	7.25 Ma Miocene
Sachalinocetus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	28.1 Ma Oligocene	23.0 Ma Miocene
Saurocetus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	33.9 Ma Oligocene	33.9 Ma Oligocene
Tiphyocetus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	16.0 Ma Miocene	13.8 Ma Miocene
Titanocetus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	20.4 Ma Miocene	20.4 Ma Miocene
Tretosphrys ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Zygiocetus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	7.25 Ma Miocene	7.25 Ma Miocene
Alpherat bramblei species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pelagiceti unranked clade	listed (PBDB)		4,226	56.0 Ma Paleocene	0 Ma Extant
Zeugloceta ✝ unranked clade	listed (PBDB)

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Balaena prisca Nilsson, 1847	GBIF	species	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Cetacea : *Balaena prisca*
Homocetus villersi (Du Bus, 1867)	GBIF	species	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Cetacea : *Homocetus villersi*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1762	Cetacea Brisson p. 218
1804	Anarnak Lacépède p. 163
1804	Anarnak groenlandicus Lacépède p. 164
1806	Ananarcus Dumeril
1806	Anarcus Froriep
1811	Anarnak Illiger p. 142
1814	Oxypterus Rafinesque
1814	Oxypterus mongitori Rafinesque
1821	Carnivorae Gray p. 309
1821	Cetaceae Gray p. 309
1821	Anarnacus Gray p. 310
1829	Delphinus mongitori Fischer p. 509
1840	Ziphius priscus Eichwald
1842	Cetotherium priscum Brandt p. 146
1842	Manatus giganteus De Kay p. 123
1842	Manatus giganteus DeKay p. 123
1843	Cetotherium priscum Brandt p. 148
1846	Anarnacus Gray p. 29
1853	Cetacea Bronn p. 754
1853	Cetotherium priscum Bronn p. 756
1853	Cetacea Pictet p. 380
1860	Choneziphius priscus Eichwald p. 399
1860	Cetotherium priscum Nordmann p. 330
1865	Palaeocetus Seeley p. 54
1865	Palaeocetus sedgwicki Seeley p. 54 figs. Plate 3
1865	Palaeocetus Seeley p. 57
1866	Palaeocetus Gray p. 106
1866	Palaeocetus sedgwickii Gray p. 106
1866	Palaeobalaena Seeley p. 228
1866	Palaeobalaena sedgwicki Seeley p. 228
1871	Palaeocetus Gervais p. 136
1871	Palaeocetus sedgwickii Gervais p. 136
1871	Anarnacus Gill p. 126
1871	Palaeocetus Gill p. 126
1872	Cetotherium priscum Brandt p. 261
1872	Otaria leclercii Delfortrie
1872	Anarnacus Gill p. 96
1873	Palaeocetus Brandt p. 25
1873	Cetotherium priscum Brandt p. 101
1873	Cetotheriomorphus dubius Brandt pp. 161-162
1873	Ziphius blasii Brandt p. 225
1873	Cetacea Leidy p. 337
1875	Cetacea Cope p. 42
1879	Cetotolites McCoy p. 13
1879	Cetotolites leggei McCoy p. 14
1879	Cetotolites nelsoni McCoy p. 14 figs. Plate LIV, Figs. 3-5
1879	Cetotolites pricei McCoy p. 14 figs. Plate LIV, Fig. 2
1879	Cetotolites nelsoni rugosa McCoy p. 17
1883	Cetacea Flower p. 184
1883	Cetotolites baileyi McCoy
1883	Pachycetus humilis Van Beneden
1883	Pachycetus robustus Van Beneden
1883	Pachycetus Van Beneden pp. 31-32
1883	Pachycetus humilis Van Beneden p. 32
1883	Pachycetus robustus Van Beneden p. 32 figs. not figured
1886	Berardiopsis Portis p. 326
1886	Berardiopsis pliocaenus Portis p. 326 figs. Fig. 95-96
1887	Palaeocetus Lydekker p. 30
1887	Palaeocetus sedgwickii Lydekker p. 31
1889	Cetacea Ameghino p. 653
1889	Cetacea Cope p. 874
1890	Anarnacus Cope p. 607
1890	Palaeocetus Cope p. 612
1891	Cetacea Flower and Lydekker p. 89
1897	Cetacea Parker and Haswell p. 450
1898	Cetacea Gadow p. 44
1898	Archaeocetus Sinzow p. 121
1898	Mesotaria leclercii Trouessart p. 378
1898	Manatus giganteus Trouessart p. 1000
1898	Pachycetus Trouessart p. 1054
1898	Pachycetus robustus Trouessart p. 1054
1898	Mesoplodon blasii Trouessart p. 1066
1898	Berardiopsis Trouessart p. 1068
1898	Berardiopsis pliocaenus Trouessart p. 1068
1898	Cetotherium priscum Trouessart p. 1071
1898	Pachycetus humilis Trouessart p. 1084
1898	Palaeocetus sedgwicki Trouessart p. 1088
1898	Palaeocetus Trouessart p. 1089
1901	Globicephalus eocaenus Ameghino p. 80
1904	Cetacea Case p. 3
1904	Trichechus giganteus Case p. 56
1904	Anarnak Palmer p. 100
1904	Anarnak groenlandicus Palmer p. 100
1904	Archaeocetus Palmer p. 114
1904	Berardiopsis Palmer p. 136
1904	Pachycetus Palmer p. 494
1904	Palaeocetus Palmer p. 499
1904	Mesotaria leclerci Trouessart p. 282
1904	Trichechus giganteus Trouessart p. 748
1904	Berardiopsis Trouessart p. 778
1904	Berardiopsis pliocaenus Trouessart p. 778

Year	Name and Author
1904	Mesoplodon blasiusi Trouessart p. 778
1904	Cetotherium priscum Trouessart p. 779
1904	Archaeocetus Trouessart p. 780
1904	Pachycetus Trouessart p. 784
1904	Pachycetus humilis Trouessart p. 784
1904	Pachycetus robustus Trouessart p. 784
1904	Palaeocetus Trouessart p. 786
1904	Palaeocetus sedgwicki Trouessart p. 786
1906	Cetacea Andrews p. 234
1906	Plesiocetus priscus Joleaud p. 380
1910	Cetacea Gregory p. 466
1911	Cetacei Jaekel p. 230
1912	Pachycetus True p. 3
1919	Cetacea Abel p. 749
1925	Cetacea Zittel p. 80
1928	Pachycetus Kellogg p. 35 figs. Table 1
1928	Palaeocetus Kellogg p. 35 figs. Table 1
1930	Trichechus giganteus Hay p. 658
1933	Cetotherium priscum Nicolaescu p. 85
1937	Cetotherium priscum Pia p. 59
1944	Cetotherium priscum Macarovici p. 136
1945	Cetacea Simpson p. 100
1945	Berardiopsis Simpson p. 101
1945	Pachycetus Simpson p. 104
1945	Palaeocetus Simpson p. 105
1947	Mesotaria leclercii Friant p. 5
1966	Cetacea Hershkovitz p. 6
1967	Cetacea Harland et al. p. 774
1975	Cetacea McKenna p. 43
1975	Berardiopsis Mead p. 750 figs. Table 1
1978	Cetacea Barnes p. 3
1979	Cetacea Baird and Horner p. 19
1980	Berardiopsis Pilleri p. 48
1981	Cetacea Thurmond and Jones p. 191
1982	Pachycetus Russell p. 72
1982	Pachycetus humilis Russell p. 72
1982	Pachycetus robustus Russell p. 72
1984	Cetacea Whitmore p. 230
1985	Cetacea Barnes p. 3
1986	Palaeocetus Deméré p. 289
1986	Palaeocetus sedgwicki Deméré p. 289
1986	Pachycetus Rothausen p. 517
1987	Berardiopsis Pilleri p. 93
1987	Berardiopsis pliocaenus Pilleri p. 93
1988	Cetacea Carroll
1988	Pachycetus Carroll
1988	Palaeocetus Carroll
1991	Cetacea Nowak
1997	Cetacea Bianucci p. 164
1997	Pachycetus Gingerich et al. p. 68
1997	Pachycetus robustus Gingerich et al. p. 68
1997	Cetacea McKenna and Bell p. 368
1997	Palaeocetus McKenna and Bell p. 378
1997	Berardiopsis McKenna and Bell p. 382
1997	Cetacea Montgelard et al. p. 555
1998	Cetacea Archibald
1998	Cetacea Thewissen and Hussain p. 221
1999	Cetacea Waddell et al. p. 2
2000	Cetacea Ursing et al.
2001	Cetacea Thewissen et al. p. suppl.
2002	Berardiopsis Sepkoski, Jr.
2002	Cetacea Sepkoski, Jr.
2002	Pachycetus Sepkoski, Jr.
2002	Palaeocetus Sepkoski, Jr.
2003	Cetacea Geisler and Sanders p. 27
2004	Cetacea Arnason et al. p. 33
2004	Cetacea Uhen p. 11
2004	Pachycetus van Vliet p. 143
2004	Pachycetus humilis van Vliet p. 143
2004	Pachycetus robustus van Vliet p. 143
2005	Cetacea Boisserie et al.
2005	Cetacea Cahuzac et al. p. 420
2006	Cetacea Bisconti and Varola p. 449
2006	Cetacea Hampe p. 64
2006	Cetacea Hulbert and Whitmore p. 19
2007	Cetacea Bisconti p. 89
2007	Cetacea Gingerich p. 366
2008	Cetacea Agnarsson and May-Collado p. 981 figs. Fig. 2
2008	Cetacea Bisconti p. 162
2009	Cetacea Gingerich et al. p. 3
2009	Cetacea Spaulding et al.
2010	Cetacea Asher and Helgen p. 3 figs. Figure 1
2010	Cetacea Canto et al. p. 20
2011	Cetacea Boisserie et al. p. 620 figs. Table 1
2011	Cetacea Uhen et al. p. 957
2014	Cetacea Jefferson and Rosenbaum
2015	Cetacea Boessenecker and Fordyce
2017	Cetacea Berta p. 158
2017	Palaeocetus Berta p. 168
2017	Cetacea Godfrey et al.

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