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Mixocetus elysius
Taxonomy
Mixocetus elysius was named by Kellogg (1934). Its type specimen is LACM 882 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Lincoln Heights, which is in a Tortonian coastal sandstone in the Modelo Formation of California.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1934 | Mixocetus elysius Kellogg p. 86 figs. Fig. 1-3, Plate 1 |
| 1938 | Mixocetus elysius Abel p. 9 |
| 1977 | Mixocetus elysius Barnes p. 328 |
| 2005 | Mixocetus elysius Bouetel p. 139 |
| 2006 | Mixocetus elysius Bouetel and Muizon p. 385 |
| 2008 | Mixocetus elysius Uhen et al. p. 613 |
| 2011 | Mixocetus elysius Marx p. 83 figs. Figure 2 |
| 2013 | Mixocetus elysius Bisconti et al. p. 121 |
| 2014 | Mixocetus elysius Goldin and Startsev p. 419 figs. Figure 13 |
| 2015 | Mixocetus elysius Gol'din and Steeman p. 6 |
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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.
†Mixocetus elysius Kellogg 1934
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| Reference: Uhen 2004 | |||||