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Taxonomy
Aglaocetus was named by Kellogg (1934) [Sepkoski's age data: T Mi-l Sepkoski's reference number: 746].
It was assigned to Balaenidae by Carroll (1988); to Cetacea by Sepkoski (2002); to Mysticeti by Bouetel and Muizon (2006); to Mysticeti by Uhen et al. (2008); to Aglaocetidae by Steeman (2007), Steeman (2010); to Thalassotherii by Bisconti et al. (2013); to Chaeomysticeti by Boessenecker and Fordyce (2015); to Balaenopteroidea by Marx and Fordyce (2015); and to Cetotheriidae by Simpson (1945), Kellogg (1968), Barnes (1977), Gottfried et al. (1994), Cozzuol (1996), McKenna and Bell (1997), Otsuka and Ota (2008), Whitmore and Barnes (2008), Berta (2017).
It was assigned to Balaenidae by Carroll (1988); to Cetacea by Sepkoski (2002); to Mysticeti by Bouetel and Muizon (2006); to Mysticeti by Uhen et al. (2008); to Aglaocetidae by Steeman (2007), Steeman (2010); to Thalassotherii by Bisconti et al. (2013); to Chaeomysticeti by Boessenecker and Fordyce (2015); to Balaenopteroidea by Marx and Fordyce (2015); and to Cetotheriidae by Simpson (1945), Kellogg (1968), Barnes (1977), Gottfried et al. (1994), Cozzuol (1996), McKenna and Bell (1997), Otsuka and Ota (2008), Whitmore and Barnes (2008), Berta (2017).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1934 | Aglaocetus Kellogg p. 65 figs. Plates 1-4 |
| 1945 | Aglaocetus Simpson p. 104 |
| 1968 | Aglaocetus Kellogg p. 163 |
| 1977 | Aglaocetus Barnes p. 327 |
| 1988 | Aglaocetus Carroll |
| 1994 | Aglaocetus Gottfried et al. p. 233 |
| 1996 | Aglaocetus Cozzuol p. 324 |
| 1997 | Aglaocetus McKenna and Bell p. 376 |
| 2002 | Aglaocetus Sepkoski |
| 2006 | Aglaocetus Bouetel and Muizon p. 384 |
| 2007 | Aglaocetus Steeman p. 880 |
| 2008 | Aglaocetus Otsuka and Ota p. 52 |
| 2008 | Aglaocetus Uhen et al. p. 613 |
| 2008 | Aglaocetus Whitmore and Barnes p. 173 |
| 2010 | Aglaocetus Steeman p. 65 |
| 2013 | Aglaocetus Bisconti et al. p. 122 figs. Fig. 28 |
| 2015 | Aglaocetus Boessenecker and Fordyce figs. Table 1 |
| 2015 | Aglaocetus Marx and Fordyce p. 4 figs. Figure 2 |
| 2017 | Aglaocetus 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.
G. †Aglaocetus Kellogg 1934
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†Aglaocetus latifrons Van Beneden 1880
†Aglaocetus longifrons Van Beneden 1880
†Aglaocetus moreni Lydekker 1894
†Aglaocetus rotundus Van Beneden 1880
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Tortonian or 20.45000 to 7.24600 Ma
Collections (10 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aquitanian - Burdigalian | Argentina (Chubut) | Cetotherium moreni (47303) | |
| Burdigalian | Japan (Hiroshima) | A. sp. (56957) | |
| Burdigalian | Argentina | A. moreni (87889) | |
| Langhian - Serravallian | Belgium | Mesocetus latifrons, Idiocetus longifrons (96462) | |
| Serravallian | Netherlands | Plesiocetus longifrons (75152) | |
| Serravallian | USA (Maryland) | A. sp. (70855) | |
| Tortonian | Belgium (Flanders) | Amphicetus rotundus (67026) | |
| Tortonian | Belgium | A. burtini (217346) | |
| Tortonian | Belgium (Antwerpen) | Amphicetus rotundus (66960) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Netherlands | Mesocetus latifrons, Plesiocetus latifrons (53889) |