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Cetotheriidae
Taxonomy
Cetotheriinae was named by Brandt (1872). It is extant. Its type is Cetotherium. It was considered monophyletic by Kimura and Hasegawa (2010).
It was reranked as the family Cetotheriidae by Miller (1923), Hay (1930), Simpson (1945), Keyes (1973), Whitmore and Sanders (1977), Mchedlidze (1984), Whitmore (1984), Barnes et al. (1985), Carroll (1988), Mitchell (1989), Pilleri and Pilleri (1989), Pilleri (1990), Vidal (1991), Benton (1993), Fordyce and Barnes (1994), Fordyce et al. (1995), Cozzuol (1996), McKenna and Bell (1997), Rice (1998), Fordyce and de Muizon (2001), Sanders and Barnes (2002), Yoshida et al. (2003), Fordyce (2003), Geisler and Sanders (2003), Bouetel and Muizon (2006), Bianucci and Landini (2007), Steeman (2007), Otsuka and Ota (2008), Whitmore and Kaltenbach (2008), Uhen et al. (2008), Steeman (2010), Kimura and Hasegawa (2010), Tarasenko and Lopatin (2012), Tarasenko and Lopatin (2012) and Bisconti et al. (2013).
It was assigned to Mysticete by Hay (1930); to Balaenopteridae by Brandt (1873), Brandt (1874) and Riabinin (1934); to Chaeomysticeti by Rice (1998); to Balaenopteroidea by Mitchell (1989) and Sanders and Barnes (2002); to Balaenomorpha by Geisler and Sanders (2003); to Eomysticetoidea by Bianucci and Landini (2007); to Mysticeti by Miller (1923), Simpson (1945), Keyes (1973), Whitmore and Sanders (1977), Mchedlidze (1984), Whitmore (1984), Barnes et al. (1985), Carroll (1988), Pilleri and Pilleri (1989), Pilleri (1990), Vidal (1991), Benton (1993), Fordyce and Barnes (1994), Fordyce et al. (1995), Cozzuol (1996), McKenna and Bell (1997), Fordyce and de Muizon (2001), Yoshida et al. (2003), Fordyce (2003), Bouetel and Muizon (2006), Otsuka and Ota (2008), Whitmore and Kaltenbach (2008), Uhen et al. (2008) and Kimura and Hasegawa (2010); to Cetotherioidea by Steeman (2007), Steeman (2010), Tarasenko and Lopatin (2012) and Tarasenko and Lopatin (2012); and to Thalassotherii by Bisconti et al. (2013).
It was reranked as the family Cetotheriidae by Miller (1923), Hay (1930), Simpson (1945), Keyes (1973), Whitmore and Sanders (1977), Mchedlidze (1984), Whitmore (1984), Barnes et al. (1985), Carroll (1988), Mitchell (1989), Pilleri and Pilleri (1989), Pilleri (1990), Vidal (1991), Benton (1993), Fordyce and Barnes (1994), Fordyce et al. (1995), Cozzuol (1996), McKenna and Bell (1997), Rice (1998), Fordyce and de Muizon (2001), Sanders and Barnes (2002), Yoshida et al. (2003), Fordyce (2003), Geisler and Sanders (2003), Bouetel and Muizon (2006), Bianucci and Landini (2007), Steeman (2007), Otsuka and Ota (2008), Whitmore and Kaltenbach (2008), Uhen et al. (2008), Steeman (2010), Kimura and Hasegawa (2010), Tarasenko and Lopatin (2012), Tarasenko and Lopatin (2012) and Bisconti et al. (2013).
It was assigned to Mysticete by Hay (1930); to Balaenopteridae by Brandt (1873), Brandt (1874) and Riabinin (1934); to Chaeomysticeti by Rice (1998); to Balaenopteroidea by Mitchell (1989) and Sanders and Barnes (2002); to Balaenomorpha by Geisler and Sanders (2003); to Eomysticetoidea by Bianucci and Landini (2007); to Mysticeti by Miller (1923), Simpson (1945), Keyes (1973), Whitmore and Sanders (1977), Mchedlidze (1984), Whitmore (1984), Barnes et al. (1985), Carroll (1988), Pilleri and Pilleri (1989), Pilleri (1990), Vidal (1991), Benton (1993), Fordyce and Barnes (1994), Fordyce et al. (1995), Cozzuol (1996), McKenna and Bell (1997), Fordyce and de Muizon (2001), Yoshida et al. (2003), Fordyce (2003), Bouetel and Muizon (2006), Otsuka and Ota (2008), Whitmore and Kaltenbach (2008), Uhen et al. (2008) and Kimura and Hasegawa (2010); to Cetotherioidea by Steeman (2007), Steeman (2010), Tarasenko and Lopatin (2012) and Tarasenko and Lopatin (2012); and to Thalassotherii by Bisconti et al. (2013).
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1872 | Cetotheriinae Brandt p. 116 |
| 1873 | Cetotheriinae Brandt p. 26 |
| 1874 | Cetotherinae Brandt p. I |
| 1923 | Cetotheriidae Miller p. 40 |
| 1930 | Cetotheriidae Hay p. 571 |
| 1934 | Cetotheriinae Riabinin p. 4 |
| 1945 | Cetotheriidae Simpson p. 104 |
| 1973 | Cetotheriidae Keyes p. 390 |
| 1977 | Cetotheriidae Whitmore and Sanders p. 305 |
| 1984 | Cetotheriidae Mchedlidze p. 5 |
| 1984 | Cetotheriidae Whitmore p. 230 |
| 1985 | Cetotheriidae Barnes et al. p. 26 |
| 1988 | Cetotheriidae Carroll |
| 1989 | Cetotheriidae Mitchell p. 2232 |
| 1989 | Cetotheriidae Pilleri and Pilleri |
| 1990 | Cetotheriidae Pilleri p. 58 |
| 1991 | Cetotheriidae Vidal p. 6 |
| 1993 | Cetotheriidae Benton p. 762 |
| 1994 | Cetotheriidae Fordyce and Barnes p. 428 figs. Table 1 |
| 1995 | Cetotheriidae Fordyce et al. p. 379 |
| 1996 | Cetotheriidae Cozzuol p. 324 |
| 1997 | Cetotheriidae McKenna and Bell p. 375 |
| 1998 | Cetotheriidae Rice |
| 2001 | Cetotheriidae Fordyce and de Muizon p. 176 |
| 2002 | Cetotheriidae Sanders and Barnes p. 353 |
| 2003 | Cetotheriidae Fordyce p. 156 figs. Figure 9.1 |
| 2003 | Cetotheriidae Geisler and Sanders p. 27 |
| 2003 | Cetotheriidae Yoshida et al. p. 2 |
| 2006 | Cetotheriidae Bouetel and Muizon p. 323 |
| 2007 | Cetotheriidae Bianucci and Landini p. 45 figs. Table 2.1 |
| 2007 | Cetotheriidae Steeman p. 880 |
| 2008 | Cetotheriidae Otsuka and Ota p. 12 |
| 2008 | Cetotheriidae Uhen et al. p. 612 |
| 2008 | Cetotheriidae Whitmore and Kaltenbach p. 242 |
| 2010 | Cetotheriidae Kimura and Hasegawa p. 578 |
| 2010 | Cetotheriidae Steeman p. 74 |
| 2012 | Cetotheriidae Tarasenko and Lopatin p. 532 |
| 2013 | Cetotheriidae Bisconti et al. p. 98 |
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