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Taxonomy
Amphicetus later was named by Van Beneden (1880) [no type specimen listed in Van Beneden (1880); specimen number from Steeman (2007)]. Its type specimen is IRScNB CtM 575/Reg 313, a partial skull (right periotic), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Borsbeek, Fort 3, which is in a Tortonian lagoonal horizon in the Diest Formation of Belgium.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1880 | Amphicetus later Van Beneden p. 20 |
| 1898 | Amphicetus later Trouessart p. 1075 |
| 1904 | Amphicetus later Palmer p. 94 |
| 1904 | Amphicetus later Trouessart p. 781 |
| 2010 | Amphicetus later Steeman p. 70 |
| 2011 | Amphicetus later Hampe and Ritsche p. 88 |
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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.
†Amphicetus later Van Beneden 1880
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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