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Protophocaena
Taxonomy
Protophocaena was named by Abel (1905) [Sepkoski's age data: T Mi-u]. It is not extant.
It was considered a nomen dubium by Fordyce and de Muizon (2001).
It was assigned to Phocaeninae by Abel (1905); to Delphinoceti by Abel (1919); to Phocaenini by Zittel (1925); to Delphinidae by Kellogg (1928); to Phocaenidae by Simpson (1945), Romero-Herrera et al. (1973), Carroll (1988); to Delphinoidea by McKenna and Bell (1997); to Cetacea by Sepkoski (2002); to Brachydelphininae by Lambert and Post (2005), Ahrens (2005); to Brachydelphidae by Cozzuol (2010); and to Pontoporiidae by Geisler et al. (2012), Marx et al. (2016), Berta (2017).
It was considered a nomen dubium by Fordyce and de Muizon (2001).
It was assigned to Phocaeninae by Abel (1905); to Delphinoceti by Abel (1919); to Phocaenini by Zittel (1925); to Delphinidae by Kellogg (1928); to Phocaenidae by Simpson (1945), Romero-Herrera et al. (1973), Carroll (1988); to Delphinoidea by McKenna and Bell (1997); to Cetacea by Sepkoski (2002); to Brachydelphininae by Lambert and Post (2005), Ahrens (2005); to Brachydelphidae by Cozzuol (2010); and to Pontoporiidae by Geisler et al. (2012), Marx et al. (2016), Berta (2017).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1905 | Protophocaena Abel p. 139 |
| 1919 | Protophocaena Abel p. 772 |
| 1925 | Protophocaena Zittel p. 87 |
| 1928 | Protophocaena Kellogg p. 33 figs. Table 1 |
| 1945 | Protophocaena Simpson p. 104 |
| 1973 | Protophocaena Romero-Herrera et al. p. 391 |
| 1988 | Protophocaena Carroll |
| 1997 | Protophocaena McKenna and Bell p. 383 |
| 2002 | Protophocaena Sepkoski |
| 2005 | Protophocaena Ahrens p. 41 |
| 2005 | Protophocaena Lambert and Post p. 8 |
| 2010 | Protophocaena Cozzuol p. 200 |
| 2012 | Protophocaena Geisler et al. p. 207 figs. Figure 7 |
| 2016 | Protophocaena Marx et al. p. 133 |
| 2017 | Protophocaena Berta p. 164 |
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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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Age range: Tortonian or 11.63000 to 7.24600 Ma
Collections (3 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tortonian | Netherlands (Noord-Brabant) | P. minima (89445) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Netherlands | P. minima (53889) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene - Late/Upper Pliocene | Belgium (Antwerpen) | P. minima (47465) |