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Taxonomy
Diorocetus was named by Kellogg (1968) [Sepkoski's age data: T Mi-m Sepkoski's reference number: 746]. It is not extant.
It was assigned to Cetacea by Sepkoski (2002); to Mysticeti by Bouetel and Muizon (2006); to Diorocetidae by Steeman (2007); to Mysticeti by Uhen et al. (2008); to Balaenomorpha by Geisler et al. (2011); to Thalassotherii by Bisconti et al. (2013); to Chaeomysticeti by Boessenecker and Fordyce (2015); to Balaenopteroidea by Hampe and Ritsche (2011), Marx and Fordyce (2015); and to Cetotheriidae by Kellogg (1968), Whitmore (1984), Carroll (1988), Gottfried et al. (1994), McKenna and Bell (1997), Yoshida et al. (2003), Geisler and Sanders (2003), Otsuka and Ota (2008), Whitmore and Barnes (2008), Berta (2017).
It was assigned to Cetacea by Sepkoski (2002); to Mysticeti by Bouetel and Muizon (2006); to Diorocetidae by Steeman (2007); to Mysticeti by Uhen et al. (2008); to Balaenomorpha by Geisler et al. (2011); to Thalassotherii by Bisconti et al. (2013); to Chaeomysticeti by Boessenecker and Fordyce (2015); to Balaenopteroidea by Hampe and Ritsche (2011), Marx and Fordyce (2015); and to Cetotheriidae by Kellogg (1968), Whitmore (1984), Carroll (1988), Gottfried et al. (1994), McKenna and Bell (1997), Yoshida et al. (2003), Geisler and Sanders (2003), Otsuka and Ota (2008), Whitmore and Barnes (2008), Berta (2017).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1968 | Diorocetus Kellogg p. 133 |
| 1984 | Diorocetus Whitmore p. 230 |
| 1988 | Diorocetus Carroll |
| 1994 | Diorocetus Gottfried et al. p. 233 |
| 1997 | Diorocetus McKenna and Bell p. 376 |
| 2002 | Diorocetus Sepkoski |
| 2003 | Diorocetus Geisler and Sanders p. 27 |
| 2003 | Diorocetus Yoshida et al. p. 2 |
| 2006 | Diorocetus Bouetel and Muizon p. 384 |
| 2007 | Diorocetus Steeman p. 880 |
| 2008 | Diorocetus Otsuka and Ota p. 12 |
| 2008 | Diorocetus Uhen et al. p. 614 |
| 2008 | Diorocetus Whitmore and Barnes p. 173 |
| 2011 | Diorocetus Geisler et al. p. 6 figs. Table 1, FIgure 5 |
| 2011 | Diorocetus Hampe and Ritsche p. 96 |
| 2013 | Diorocetus Bisconti et al. p. 122 figs. Fig. 28 |
| 2015 | Diorocetus Boessenecker and Fordyce figs. Table 1 |
| 2015 | Diorocetus Marx and Fordyce p. 4 figs. Figure 2 |
| 2017 | Diorocetus 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. †Diorocetus Kellogg 1968
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†Diorocetus chichibuensis Yoshida et al. 2003
†Diorocetus hiatus Kellogg 1968
†Diorocetus shobarensis Otsuka and Ota 2008
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 Serravallian or 20.45000 to 11.63000 Ma
Collections (9 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burdigalian | Japan (Hiroshima) | D. sp. (56957) | |
| Burdigalian - Langhian | Japan (Saitama) | D. sp., D. chichibuensis (56956) | |
| Langhian | USA (Maryland) | D. hiatus (45502) | |
| Langhian | Japan (Saitama) | D. sp. (54183) | |
| Serravallian | Germany (Schleswig–Holstein) | D. sp. (124766) | |
| Serravallian | USA (Virginia) | D. hiatus (57700 187324) | |
| Serravallian | USA (Maryland) | D. hiatus (70828 70835) |