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Mysticeti

Taxonomy

Mysticeti was named by Cope (1891). It is extant.

It was reranked as the infraorder Mysticeti by Bouetel and Muizon (2006) and Bosselaers and Post (2010); it was reranked as the unranked clade Mysticeti by McKenna and Bell (1997), Bianucci and Landini (2007), Agnarsson and May-Collado (2008) and Geisler et al. (2011).

It was assigned to Autoceta by McKenna and Bell (1997); to Autoceta by Geisler and Sanders (2003); to Cetacea by Agnarsson and May-Collado (2008); to Cetacea by Scammon and Cope (1869), Cope (1890), Miller (1923), Simpson (1945), Fraser and Purves (1960), Scheffer and Rice (1963), Harland et al. (1967), McKenna (1975), Whitmore and Sanders (1977), Baird and Horner (1979), Thurmond and Jones (1981), Mchedlidze (1984), Whitmore (1984), Barnes et al. (1985), Carroll (1988), Pilleri (1990), Vidal (1991), Benton (1993), Fordyce and Barnes (1994), Fordyce et al. (1995), Rice (1998), Clapham and Mead (1999), Sanders and Barnes (2002), Mead and Brownell (2005), Bisconti and Varola (2006), Bisconti (2007), Steeman (2007), Otsuka and Ota (2008) and Bisconti (2008); to Autoceta by Bouetel and Muizon (2006) and Bosselaers and Post (2010); and to Neoceti by Fordyce and de Muizon (2001), Fordyce (2003), Bianucci and Landini (2007), Steeman (2010), Fitzgerald (2010) and Geisler et al. (2011).

Subtaxa

Aetiocetidae, Aetiocetoidea, Balaenoptera cortesii portisii, Cetotherioidea (syn. Cetotherium megalophysum, Mesocetus argillarius), Cetotheriopsis (syn. Aulocetus, Stenodon), Chaeomysticeti (syn. Megapteropsis), Eomysticetidae, Llanocetidae, Mammalodontidae (syn. Janjucetidae), Mauicetus (syn. Lophocephalus), Physalidae, Pterobalaenidae

Sister taxa

Odontoceti (syn. Uncamentodon, Champsodelphis, Delphinopsis, Pontivaga, Hesperoinia, Prionodelphis, Miotursiops, Delphinus bessarabicus, Phocaena euxinica, Eurhinodelphis sassariensis, Eurhinodelphis minoensis, Odontoceta, Proinia, Austrosqualodon, Parasqualodon, Agabelus, Belosphys, Stereodelphis, Platydelphis, Homaeocetus, Graphiodon, Helvicetus, Agriocetus, Berardiopsis, Hesperocetus, Lonchodelphis, Pelodelphis, Prolipotes, Tretosphys, Priscodelphinus teres, Squalodon crassus, Squalodon pelagius, Ixacanthus, Priscodelphinus, Rhabdosteus, Tretosphys uraeus, Kharthlidelphis, Rhinostodes, Balaenodon, Dinoziphius, Microcetus, Microzeuglodon, Miokogia, Palaeoziphius, Prophyseter, Rhytisodon, Scaptodon, Oligosqualodon, Squalodon kelloggi, Helvicetus rugosus, Scaptodon lodderi, Homocetus villersii, Plicodontinia, Delphinus vanzelleri, Delphinus taramelli, Delphinus restitutensis, Squalodon wymanii, Delphinapterus orcinus, Delphinus baltringii, Delphinus delannoy, Phoca rugosidens, Acrodelphidae)

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Synonyms

Megaptera brachychira was named by Cope (1868) [No type locality information is given besides Charles County, Maryland. This taxon is attributed to Ruschenberger and Tyron (1879), but the name first appeared here in a report about Cope, so it should probably be attributed to this reference.].

It was considered a nomen nudum by Uhen (2015).
Amphitera was named by Gigoli (1870). It is extant.

It was considered a nomen dubium by Hershkovitz (1966).

It was assigned to Balaenopterinae by Trouessart (1904).
Amphitera pacifica was named by Gigoli (1870). It is extant.

It was considered a nomen dubium by Hershkovitz (1966).
Amphicetus was named by Van Beneden (1880) [Sepkoski's age data: T Plio-l].

It was synonymized subjectively with Cetotherium by Lydekker (1887); it was considered a nomen dubium by Uhen and Pyenson (2007).

It was assigned to Balaenopterinae by Trouessart (1898) and Trouessart (1904); to Balaenidae by Palmer (1904); to Cetotheriidae by Simpson (1945), Carroll (1988) and McKenna and Bell (1997); to Cetacea by Sepkoski (2002); to Cetotheriinae by Whitmore and Barnes (2008); to Diorocetidae by Steeman (2007) and Steeman (2010); and to Balaenopteroidea by Hampe and Ritsche (2011).
Burtinopsis was named by Van Beneden (1872) [Sepkoski's age data: T Mi-u Sepkoski's reference number: 746].

It was synonymized subjectively with Megaptera by Lydekker (1887) and Trouessart (1898); it was reranked as Megaptera (Burtinopsis) by Newton (1891); it was synonymized subjectively with Balaenoptera by Demere (1986) and Demere et al. (2005); it was considered a nomen dubium by Steeman (2010).

It was assigned to Cetotheriinae by Brandt (1873); to Megaptera by Newton (1891); to Balaenidae by Palmer (1904); to Balaenopteridae by Simpson (1945) and Carroll (1988); to Balaenopterinae by Vidal (1991) and McKenna and Bell (1997); and to Cetacea by Sepkoski (2002).
Mesocetus was named by Van Beneden (1880) [Sepkoski's age data: T Mi-m T Mi-u].

It was considered a nomen dubium by Bouetel and Muizon (2006); it was considered a nomen dubium by Steeman (2010).

It was assigned to Balaenopterinae by Trouessart (1898) and Trouessart (1904); to Balaenidae by Hay (1902) and Palmer (1904); to Balaenopteridae by Gorjanovic-Kramberger (1892), Zittel (1925) and Pia (1937); to Cetotheriidae by Hay (1930), Kellogg (1944), Simpson (1945), Carroll (1988), Paunovic (1993), Gottfried et al. (1994) and McKenna and Bell (1997); to Cetacea by Sepkoski (2002); to Mysticeti by Uhen et al. (2008); and to Cetotheriinae by Whitmore and Barnes (2008).
Mesoteras was named by Cope (1870) [Sepkoski's age data: T Mi-u]. It is not extant.

It was considered a nomen dubium by Uhen et al. (2008).

It was assigned to Balaenopterinae by Trouessart (1898) and Trouessart (1904); to Cetotheriidae by Hay (1930); to Balaenopteridae by Zittel (1925), Simpson (1945) and Carroll (1988); to Balaenidae by Cope (1890), Hay (1902), Palmer (1904) and McKenna and Bell (1997); and to Cetacea by Sepkoski (2002).
Pachycetus was named by Van Beneden (1883) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-m Sepkoski's reference number: 746]. It is not extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Dorudon by McKenna and Bell (1997); it was considered a nomen dubium by Uhen and Pyenson (2007).

It was assigned to Mysticeti by Van Beneden (1883); to Balaenopterinae by Trouessart (1898) and Trouessart (1904); to Balaenidae by Palmer (1904); to Cetotheriidae by Simpson (1945); to Archaeoceti by Russell (1982); to Archaeoceti by Rothausen (1986) and Carroll (1988); and to Cetacea by Sepkoski (2002).
Siphonocetus was named by Cope (1895) [Sepkoski's age data: T Mi-u Sepkoski's reference number: 746]. It is not extant. Its type is Siphonocetus priscus.

It was considered a nomen dubium by Kellogg (1968); it was considered a nomen dubium by Uhen et al. (2008).

It was assigned to Balaenopterinae by Trouessart (1898) and Trouessart (1904); to Balaenidae by Cope (1895), Hay (1902), Palmer (1904) and Case (1904); to Balaenopteridae by Zittel (1925); to Cetotheriidae by Hay (1930), Simpson (1945) and Carroll (1988); to Mysticeti by McKenna and Bell (1997); and to Cetacea by Sepkoski (2002).
Tretulias was named by Cope (1895) [Sepkoski's age data: T Mi-u].

It was considered a nomen dubium by Kellogg (1968); it was considered a nomen dubium by Uhen et al. (2008).

It was assigned to Balaenopterinae by Trouessart (1898) and Trouessart (1904); to Balaenidae by Cope (1895), Hay (1902), Palmer (1904) and Case (1904); to Cetotheriidae by Hay (1930) and Simpson (1945); to Mysticeti by McKenna and Bell (1997); and to Cetacea by Sepkoski (2002).
Ulias was named by Cope (1895) [Sepkoski's age data: T Mi-u].

It was considered a nomen dubium by Kellogg (1968); it was considered a nomen dubium by Uhen et al. (2008).

It was assigned to Balaenopterinae by Trouessart (1898) and Trouessart (1904); to Balaenidae by Cope (1895), Hay (1902), Palmer (1904) and Case (1904); to Cetotheriidae by Hay (1930) and Simpson (1945); to Mysticeti by McKenna and Bell (1997); and to Cetacea by Sepkoski (2002).
Balaena prisca was named by Leidy (1851) [also includes a caudal vertebra 12950]. Its type specimen is ANSP 12915 and ANSP 12950, a mandible (fragment of lower jaw and a caudal vertebra), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is City Point, which is in a Pliocene marine horizon in the Yorktown Formation of Virginia. It is the type species of Siphonocetus.

It was recombined as Balaenoptera prisca by Cope (1868); it was recombined as Eschrichtius priscus by Leidy (1869) and Cope (1869); it was recombined as Cetotherium priscum by Cope (1890); it was recombined as Siphonocetus priscus by Cope (1895), Trouessart (1898), Hay (1902), Trouessart (1904), Case (1904), Hay (1930) and Kellogg (1968); it was considered a nomen vanum by Barnes and McLeod (1984) and McLeod et al. (1993); it was considered a nomen dubium by Uhen et al. (2008).
Ulias moratus was named by Cope (1895) [No type locality is recorded (Kellogg, 1968).]. Its type specimen is USNM 10595, a mandible, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was considered a nomen dubium by Kellogg (1968) and Uhen et al. (2008).
Tretulias buccatus was named by Cope (1895) [No definite type locality is recorded (Kellogg, 1968).]. Its type specimen is USNM 9345, a mandible, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was considered a nomen dubium by Kellogg (1968) and Uhen et al. (2008).
Mesoteras kerrianus was named by Cope (1870) [No type specimen listed by Cope 1870. The specimen was transfered from the North Carolina State Museum to the USNM, but now much of the type, including the ear bones, is missing.]. Its type specimen is USNM 1633, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Quankey Creek, which is in a Zanclean coastal marl in the Yorktown Formation of North Carolina.

It was considered a nomen dubium by Uhen et al. (2008); it was considered a nomen vanum by Uhen (2015).
Burtinopsis similis was named by Van Beneden (1872) [no type specimen listed in Van Beneden (1872)]. Its type specimen is No holotype designated., a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Sable Superieur d'Anvers, which is in a Zanclean coastal sandstone in the Kattendijk Formation of Belgium.

It was recombined as Megaptera similis by Lydekker (1887), Trouessart (1898) and Trouessart (1904); it was recombined as Megaptera (Burtinopsis) similis by Newton (1891); it was recombined as Balaenoptera similis by Demere (1986) and Demere et al. (2005); it was considered a nomen dubium by Steeman (2010).
Amphicetus verus was named by Van Beneden (1880) [no type specimen listed in Van Beneden (1880)]. It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Anvers, which is in a Miocene/Pliocene marine horizon in Belgium.

It was recombined as Plesiocetus verus by Van Deinse (1931); it was considered a nomen dubium by Steeman (2010).
Amphicetus editus was named by Van Beneden (1880) [no type specimen listed in Van Beneden (1880)]. It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Anvers, which is in a Miocene/Pliocene marine horizon in Belgium.

It was considered a nomen dubium by Steeman (2010).
Mesocetus longirostris was named by Van Beneden (1880) [no type specimen listen in Van Beneden (1880); syntype after Steeman (2010)]. Its type specimen is syntype IRScNB CtM 548 a-b/Reg 1539, a partial skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Borgerhout, Miocene, which is in a Burdigalian/Serravallian marine sandstone in the Sables a'Anvers Formation of Belgium.

It was recombined as Plesiocetus longirostris by Van Deinse (1931); it was considered a nomen dubium by Steeman (2010).
Mesocetus pinguis was named by Van Beneden (1880) [no type specimen listen in Van Beneden (1880)]. It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Borgerhout, Miocene, which is in a Burdigalian/Serravallian marine sandstone in the Sables a'Anvers Formation of Belgium.

It was considered a nomen dubium by Steeman (2010).
Mioceta was named by Deraniyagala (1967).

It was considered a nomen dubium by McKenna and Bell (1997), Anderson and Barnes (2000), Uhen and Pyenson (2007) and Uhen (2015).

It was assigned to Cetotheriidae by Deraniyagala (1967) and Deraniyagala (1969).
Mioceta bigelowi was named by Deraniyagala (1967) [no type specimen number listed]. It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Marine Miocene Ceylon Collection, which is in a Miocene marine sandstone in Sri Lanka.

It was considered a nomen dubium by Anderson and Barnes (2000) and Uhen (2015).
Balaenoptera pusilla was named by Cope (1868). Its type specimen is ANSP 12769, a mandible (fragment of mandibular ramus), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is James T. Thomas estate, which is in a Langhian marine horizon in the Calvert Formation of Maryland.

It was recombined as Eschrichtius pusillus by Cope (1868), Leidy (1869) and Cope (1895); it was recombined as Cetotherium pusillum by Cope (1890) and Cope (1895); it was replaced with Cetotherium parvum by Trouessart (1898), Case (1904) and Gillette (1977); it was considered a nomen nudum by Kellogg (1968); it was considered a nomen vanum by Barnes and McLeod (1984) and Uhen et al. (2008).
Squalodon serratus was named by Davis (1888) [Kellogg (1923) states that the type specimen is in the Canterbury Museum, Christchurch, New Zealand.]. It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Karetu Quarry, which is in a Chattian marine limestone in the Omihi Formation of New Zealand.

It was considered an invalid subgroup of Archaeoceti by Fordyce and Roberts (2009); it was considered a nomen dubium by Dal Piaz (1916); it was considered a nomen dubium by Fordyce (1980); it was considered an invalid subgroup of Mysticeti by Fordyce and Marx (2011).
Mioceta magna was named by Deraniyagala (1969). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Marine Miocene Ceylon Collection, which is in a Miocene marine sandstone in Sri Lanka.

It was considered a nomen dubium by Anderson and Barnes (2000).
Balaena cortesii was named by Fischer (1829) [Demere et al. (2005) state that the type specimen is housed at the Museo Paleontologico Parmense.]. It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Castel Arquato, Monte Zago, which is in a Piacenzian marine horizon in Italy.

It was recombined as Balaenoptera cortesii by Boitard (1844), Kellogg (1944) and Demere et al. (2005); it was recombined as Rorqualus cortesii by Pictet (1853) and Capellini (1865); it was recombined as Plesiocetus cortesii by Van Beneden and Gervais (1868) and Van Beneden and Gervais (1880); it was synonymized subjectively with Cetotherium (Cetotheriophanes) capellinii by Brandt (1873) and Capellini (1875); it was synonymized subjectively with Balaenoptera cuvieri by Brandt (1874); it was recombined as Cetotherium cortesii by Strobel (1881) and Cuscani Politi (1961); it was synonymized subjectively with Plesiocetus cuvieri by Trouessart (1898); it was recombined as Balaenoptera cuvieri cortesii by Trouessart (1904); it was synonymized subjectively with Balaenoptera acutorostrata by Caretto (1970); it was synonymized subjectively with Balaenoptera capellinii by Demere (1986); it was synonymized subjectively with Eschrichtioides gastaldii by Bisconti (2008); it was considered an invalid subgroup of Mysticeti by Bosselaers and Post (2010).
Eschrichtius leptocentrus was named by Cope (1868). Its type specimen is ANSP 12693, a set of vertebrae (cervical vertebra), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Nomini Cliffs, Zone 14-16, which is in a Langhian foreshore claystone in the Calvert Formation of Virginia.

It was recombined as Cetotherium leptocentrum by Cope (1890), Cope (1896), Trouessart (1898), Hay (1902), Trouessart (1904) and Hay (1930); it was considered a nomen dubium by Barnes and McLeod (1984) and Uhen et al. (2008).
Balaena mysticetoides was named by Emmons (1858) [No type locality information is given other than Miocene of North Carolina. No type specimen number is listed.]. It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Cetotherium mysticetoides by Trouessart (1898), Hay (1902) and Trouessart (1904); it was recombined as Megaptera mysticetoides by Hay (1930); it was considered a nomen dubium by Uhen (2015).
Mysticete was named by Gray (1864). It is extant.

It was reranked as the unranked clade Mysticete by Gray (1864) and Gray (1866); it was synonymized subjectively with Mysticeti by Rice (1998).

It was assigned to Cete by Gray (1864) and Gray (1866); to Cetacea by Gray (1868), Scammon and Cope (1869), Gill (1871) and Gill (1873); and to Cete by Gill (1871), Hay (1902) and Hay (1930).
Mystacoceti was named by Flower (1867). It is extant.

It was reranked as the order Mystacoceti by Gregory (1910); it was synonymized subjectively with Mysticeti by McKenna and Bell (1997) and Rice (1998).

It was assigned to Cetacea by Gregory (1910); and to Cetacea by Flower (1867), Flower (1883), Lydekker (1887), Cope (1889), Flower and Lydekker (1891), Flores (1895), Parker and Haswell (1897), Weber (1904), Case (1904), Turner (1912), Abel (1913), Abel (1919), Zittel (1925), Portis (1925), Weber (1928), Van Deinse (1931) and Slijper (1936).
Mystacoceta was named by Ameghino (1889) [McKenna and Bell (1997) state that Haeckel (1895, p. 566) coined this name.]. It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Mysticeti by McKenna and Bell (1997).

It was assigned to Cetacea by Ameghino (1889); and to Cetacea by Ameghino (1894).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1829	Balaena cortesii Fischer p. 527 figs. Plates 2, 3
1844	Balaenoptera cortesii Boitard p. 444
1851	Balaena prisca Leidy pp. 308-309
1853	Rorqualus cortesii Pictet p. 387
1858	Balaena mysticetoides Emmons
1864	Mysticete Gray
1865	Rorqualus cortesii Capellini p. 11 figs. Plates 2, 3
1866	Mysticete Gray p. 61
1867	Mystacoceti Flower p. 110
1868	Balaenoptera prisca Cope p. 144
1868	Eschrichtius leptocentrus Cope p. 144
1868	Balaenoptera pusilla Cope p. 159
1868	Megaptera brachychira Cope p. 166
1868	Eschrichtius pusillus Cope p. 191
1868	Mysticete Gray p. 1
1868	Mesocetus pinguis Van Beneden and Gervais
1868	Plesiocetus cortesii Van Beneden and Gervais
1869	Eschrichtius priscus Cope p. 11
1869	Eschrichtius priscus Leidy p. 441
1869	Eschrichtius leptocentrus Leidy p. 442
1869	Eschrichtius pusillus Leidy p. 442
1869	Mysticete Scammon and Cope p. 14
1869	Mysticeti Scammon and Cope p. 14
1870	Mesoteras Cope p. 128
1870	Mesoteras kerrianus Cope p. 128
1870	Amphitera Gigoli
1870	Amphitera pacifica Gigoli
1871	Mysticete Gill p. 97
1872	Burtinopsis Van Beneden p. 19
1872	Burtinopsis similis Van Beneden p. 19
1873	Burtinopsis Brandt p. 160
1873	Mysticete Gill p. 20
1874	Mesocetus pinguis Vanden Broeck p. 146
1875	Mesoteras kerrianus Cope p. 44
1879	Megaptera brachychira Ruschenberger and Tyron p. 14
1880	Mesocetus pinguis Van Beneden
1880	Burtinopsis similis Van Beneden pp. 16-17
1880	Amphicetus Van Beneden p. 20
1880	Amphicetus editus Van Beneden p. 20
1880	Amphicetus verus Van Beneden p. 20
1880	Mesocetus Van Beneden p. 22
1880	Mesocetus longirostris Van Beneden p. 22
1880	Mesocetus pinguis Van Beneden p. 23
1880	Plesiocetus cortesii Van Beneden and Gervais p. 288 figs. Plate 17, Figs. 4, 5
1881	Cetotherium cortesii Strobel pp. 10-11 figs. Plate 1, Fig.3
1883	Mystacoceti Flower p. 184
1883	Pachycetus Van Beneden pp. 31-32
1887	Mystacoceti Lydekker p. 16
1887	Megaptera similis Lydekker p. 31
1888	Squalodon serratus Davis p. 46 figs. Plate 7, Fig. 9
1889	Mystacoceta Ameghino p. 838
1889	Mystacoceti Cope p. 876
1890	Mysticeti Cope p. 610
1890	Cetotherium pusillum Cope p. 612
1890	Mesoteras Cope p. 612
1890	Cetotherium leptocentrum Cope p. 616
1890	Cetotherium priscum Cope p. 616
1891	Mysticeti Cope p. 69
1891	Mystacoceti Flower and Lydekker p. 89
1891	Megaptera (Burtinopsis) Newton p. 60
1891	Megaptera (Burtinopsis) similis Newton p. 60
1892	Mesocetus Gorjanovic-Kramberger p. 15
1894	Mystacoceta Ameghino p. 436
1895	Siphonocetus Cope p. 140
1895	Siphonocetus priscus Cope p. 141
1895	Ulias Cope p. 141
1895	Ulias moratus Cope pp. 141-142 figs. Plate VI, Fig. 1
1895	Tretulias Cope pp. 143-144 figs. Plate VI, Fig. 2
1895	Tretulias buccatus Cope pp. 143-144 figs. Plate VI, Fig. 2
1895	Eschrichtius pusillus Cope p. 145
1895	Cetotherium pusillum Cope p. 573
1895	Tretulias buccatus Cope p. 573
1895	Ulias moratus Cope p. 573
1895	Mystacoceti Flores p. 13
1896	Cetotherium leptocentrum Cope p. 145
1897	Mystacoceti Parker and Haswell p. 451
1898	Squalodon serratus Trouessart p. 1015
1898	Pachycetus Trouessart p. 1054
1898	Cetotherium leptocentrum Trouessart p. 1071
1898	Cetotherium mysticetoides Trouessart p. 1071
1898	Siphonocetus Trouessart p. 1074
1898	Siphonocetus priscus Trouessart p. 1074
1898	Tretulias Trouessart p. 1074
1898	Tretulias buccatus Trouessart p. 1074
1898	Ulias Trouessart p. 1074
1898	Ulias moratus Trouessart p. 1074
1898	Amphicetus Trouessart p. 1075
1898	Amphicetus editus Trouessart p. 1075
1898	Amphicetus verus Trouessart p. 1075
1898	Mesocetus Trouessart p. 1075
1898	Mesocetus longirostris Trouessart p. 1076
1898	Mesocetus pinguis Trouessart p. 1076
1898	Megaptera similis Trouessart p. 1084
1898	Mesoteras Trouessart p. 1088
1898	Mesoteras kerrianus Trouessart p. 1088
1902	Mysticete Hay p. 598
1902	Cetotherium leptocentrum Hay p. 599
1902	Cetotherium mysticetoides Hay p. 599
1902	Siphonocetus Hay p. 599
1902	Siphonocetus priscus Hay p. 599
1902	Ulias Hay p. 599
1902	Ulias moratus Hay p. 599
1902	Mesocetus Hay p. 600
1902	Mesoteras Hay p. 600
1902	Mesoteras kerrianus Hay p. 600
1902	Tretulias Hay p. 600
1902	Tretulias buccatus Hay p. 600
1904	Mysticoceti Case p. 33
1904	Siphonocetus Case p. 45
1904	Siphonocetus priscus Case p. 46
1904	Ulias Case p. 49
1904	Ulias moratus Case p. 50
1904	Tretulias Case p. 52
1904	Tretulias buccatus Case p. 52
1904	Amphicetus Palmer p. 94
1904	Amphicetus editus Palmer p. 94
1904	Amphicetus verus Palmer p. 94
1904	Burtinopsis Palmer p. 148
1904	Mesocetus Palmer p. 413
1904	Mesoteras Palmer p. 416
1904	Pachycetus Palmer p. 494
1904	Siphonocetus Palmer p. 633
1904	Tretulias Palmer p. 687
1904	Ulias Palmer p. 700
1904	Squalodon serratus Trouessart p. 756
1904	Cetotherium leptocentrum Trouessart p. 779
1904	Cetotherium mysticetoides Trouessart p. 780
1904	Siphonocetus Trouessart p. 780
1904	Siphonocetus priscus Trouessart p. 780
1904	Ulias Trouessart p. 780
1904	Ulias moratus Trouessart p. 780
1904	Amphicetus Trouessart p. 781
1904	Amphicetus editus Trouessart p. 781
1904	Amphicetus verus Trouessart p. 781
1904	Mesocetus Trouessart p. 781
1904	Mesocetus longirostris Trouessart p. 781
1904	Mesocetus pinguis Trouessart p. 781
1904	Tretulias Trouessart p. 781
1904	Tretulias buccatus Trouessart p. 781
1904	Balaenoptera cuvieri cortesii Trouessart p. 782
1904	Pachycetus Trouessart p. 784
1904	Amphitera Trouessart p. 785
1904	Amphitera pacifica Trouessart p. 785
1904	Megaptera similis Trouessart p. 785
1904	Mesoteras Trouessart p. 786
1904	Mesoteras kerrianus Trouessart p. 786
1904	Mystacoceti Weber p. 574
1910	Mystacoceti Gregory p. 466
1912	Mystacoceti Turner p. 21
1913	Mystacoceti Abel p. 221
1919	Mystacoceti Abel p. 753
1923	Squalodon serratus Kellogg p. 31
1923	Mysticeti Miller p. 40
1925	Mystacoceti Portis p. 14
1925	Mystacoceti Zittel p. 87
1925	Mesocetus Zittel p. 88
1925	Mesoteras Zittel p. 88
1925	Siphonocetus Zittel p. 88
1928	Mystacoceti Weber p. 389
1930	Mesocetus Hay p. 571
1930	Mysticete Hay p. 571
1930	Cetotherium leptocentrum Hay p. 572
1930	Siphonocetus Hay p. 572
1930	Siphonocetus priscus Hay p. 572
1930	Tretulias Hay p. 573
1930	Tretulias buccatus Hay p. 573
1930	Ulias Hay p. 573
1930	Ulias moratus Hay p. 573
1930	Megaptera brachychira Hay p. 575
1930	Megaptera mysticetoides Hay p. 575
1930	Mesoteras Hay p. 575
1930	Mesoteras kerrianus Hay p. 575
1931	Mystacoceti Van Deinse p. 33
1931	Plesiocetus verus Van Deinse p. 121
1931	Plesiocetus longirostris Van Deinse p. 133
1936	Mystacoceti Slijper p. 540
1937	Mesocetus Pia p. 389
1944	Balaenoptera cortesii Kellogg p. 446
1944	Mesocetus Kellogg p. 454
1945	Amphicetus Simpson p. 104
1945	Mesocetus Simpson p. 104
1945	Mysticeti Simpson p. 104
1945	Pachycetus Simpson p. 104
1945	Siphonocetus Simpson p. 104
1945	Tretulias Simpson p. 104
1945	Ulias Simpson p. 104
1945	Burtinopsis Simpson p. 105
1945	Mesoteras Simpson p. 105
1960	Mysticeti Fraser and Purves p. 112 figs. Figure 26
1961	Cetotherium cortesii Cuscani Politi p. 9
1961	Burtinopsis similis Cuscani Politi p. 10
1963	Mysticeti Scheffer and Rice p. 9
1967	Mioceta Deraniyagala p. 50
1967	Mioceta bigelowi Deraniyagala p. 50
1967	Mysticeti Harland et al. p. 774
1968	Siphonocetus priscus Kellogg p. 125
1969	Mioceta Deraniyagala p. 13
1969	Mioceta magna Deraniyagala p. 14 figs. Plate IV, Fig. 8
1972	Squalodon serratus Glaessner p. 183
1973	Squalodon serratus Keyes p. 381
1975	Mysticeti McKenna p. 43
1977	Mysticeti Whitmore and Sanders p. 305
1979	Mysticeti Baird and Horner p. 19
1981	Mysticeti Thurmond and Jones p. 197
1982	Pachycetus Russell p. 72
1984	Mysticeti Mchedlidze p. 5
1984	Mysticeti Whitmore p. 230
1985	Mysticeti Barnes et al. p. 26
1986	Balaenoptera similis Demere p. 291
1986	Pachycetus Rothausen p. 517
1988	Amphicetus Carroll
1988	Burtinopsis Carroll
1988	Mesocetus Carroll
1988	Mesoteras Carroll
1988	Mysticeti Carroll
1988	Pachycetus Carroll
1988	Siphonocetus Carroll
1990	Mysticeti Pilleri p. 48
1991	Burtinopsis Vidal p. 6
1991	Mysticeti Vidal p. 6
1993	Mysticeti Benton p. 762
1993	Mesocetus Paunovic p. 4
1994	Mysticeti Fordyce and Barnes p. 428 figs. Table 1
1994	Mesocetus Gottfried et al. p. 233
1995	Mysticeti Fordyce et al. p. 379
1997	Mysticeti McKenna and Bell p. 374
1997	Siphonocetus McKenna and Bell p. 374
1997	Tretulias McKenna and Bell p. 375
1997	Ulias McKenna and Bell p. 375
1997	Amphicetus McKenna and Bell p. 376
1997	Mesocetus McKenna and Bell p. 376
1997	Burtinopsis McKenna and Bell p. 378
1997	Mesoteras McKenna and Bell p. 378
1998	Mysticeti Rice
1999	Mysticeti Clapham and Mead p. 1
2001	Mysticeti Fordyce and de Muizon p. 176
2002	Mysticeti Sanders and Barnes p. 353
2002	Amphicetus Sepkoski, Jr.
2002	Burtinopsis Sepkoski, Jr.
2002	Mesocetus Sepkoski, Jr.
2002	Mesoteras Sepkoski, Jr.
2002	Pachycetus Sepkoski, Jr.
2002	Siphonocetus Sepkoski, Jr.
2002	Tretulias Sepkoski, Jr.
2002	Ulias Sepkoski, Jr.
2003	Mysticeti Fordyce p. 156 figs. Figure 9.1
2003	Mysticeti Geisler and Sanders p. 27
2005	Balaenoptera similis Demere et al. p. 105 figs. Table II
2005	Balaenoptera cortesii Demere et al. pp. 116-117 figs. Table II
2005	Mysticeti Mead and Brownell p. 723
2006	Mysticeti Bisconti and Varola p. 449
2006	Mysticeti Bouetel and Muizon p. 323
2007	Mysticeti Bianucci and Landini p. 45 figs. Table 2.1
2007	Mysticeti Bisconti p. 89
2007	Amphicetus Steeman p. 880
2007	Mysticeti Steeman p. 880
2008	Mysticeti Agnarsson and May-Collado p. 981 figs. Fig. 2
2008	Mysticeti Bisconti p. 162
2008	Mysticeti Otsuka and Ota p. 12
2008	Mesocetus Uhen et al. p. 615
2008	Mesocetus longirostris Uhen et al. p. 615
2008	Amphicetus Whitmore and Barnes p. 144
2008	Mesocetus Whitmore and Barnes p. 144
2010	Mysticeti Bosselaers and Post p. 335
2010	Mysticeti Fitzgerald p. 370 figs. Table 1
2010	Mysticeti Steeman p. 65
2010	Amphicetus Steeman p. 70
2011	Mysticeti Geisler et al. p. 6 figs. Table 1
2011	Amphicetus Hampe and Ritsche p. 88

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