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Mixocetus
Taxonomy
Mixocetus was named by Kellogg (1934) [Sepkoski's age data: T Mi-u]. It is not extant. It was considered monophyletic by Hampe and Baszio (2010).
It was assigned to Cetacea by Sepkoski (2002); to Cetotherioidea by Steeman (2007); to Cetotheriinae by Whitmore and Barnes (2008); to Cetotheriidae by Kellogg (1934), Simpson (1945), Barnes (1977), Carroll (1988), McKenna and Bell (1997), Bouetel (2005), Bouetel and Muizon (2006), Bisconti (2008), Uhen et al. (2008), Hampe and Baszio (2010), Bisconti et al. (2013), Goldin et al. (2014), Bisconti (2014), Goldin and Startsev (2014); and to Tranatocetidae by Gol'din and Steeman (2015), Marx et al. (2016), Berta (2017).
It was assigned to Cetacea by Sepkoski (2002); to Cetotherioidea by Steeman (2007); to Cetotheriinae by Whitmore and Barnes (2008); to Cetotheriidae by Kellogg (1934), Simpson (1945), Barnes (1977), Carroll (1988), McKenna and Bell (1997), Bouetel (2005), Bouetel and Muizon (2006), Bisconti (2008), Uhen et al. (2008), Hampe and Baszio (2010), Bisconti et al. (2013), Goldin et al. (2014), Bisconti (2014), Goldin and Startsev (2014); and to Tranatocetidae by Gol'din and Steeman (2015), Marx et al. (2016), Berta (2017).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1934 | Mixocetus Kellogg p. 85 |
| 1945 | Mixocetus Simpson p. 104 |
| 1977 | Mixocetus Barnes p. 327 |
| 1988 | Mixocetus Carroll |
| 1997 | Mixocetus McKenna and Bell p. 376 |
| 2002 | Mixocetus Sepkoski |
| 2005 | Mixocetus Bouetel p. 139 |
| 2006 | Mixocetus Bouetel and Muizon p. 385 |
| 2007 | Mixocetus Steeman p. 880 |
| 2008 | Mixocetus Bisconti p. 173 |
| 2008 | Mixocetus Uhen et al. p. 613 |
| 2008 | Mixocetus Whitmore and Barnes p. 144 |
| 2010 | Mixocetus Hampe and Baszio p. 213 |
| 2013 | Mixocetus Bisconti et al. p. 121 |
| 2014 | Mixocetus Bisconti figs. Figure 4 |
| 2014 | Mixocetus Goldin and Startsev p. 419 |
| 2015 | Mixocetus Gol'din and Steeman p. 6 |
| 2016 | Mixocetus Marx et al. p. 110 |
| 2017 | Mixocetus 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.
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Reference: Uhen 2004 | |||||