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Simocetus rayi
Taxonomy
Simocetus rayi was named by Fordyce (2002). Its type specimen is USNM 256517, a skull (skull & partial skeleton), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Emlong 718, which is in a Rupelian marine siltstone in the Alsea Formation of Oregon. It is the type species of Simocetus.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2002 | Simocetus rayi Fordyce p. 186 figs. Fig. 2-17 |
| 2008 | Simocetus rayi Uhen et al. p. 571 |
| 2010 | Simocetus rayi Fitzgerald p. 370 figs. Table 1 |
| 2011 | Simocetus rayi Geisler et al. p. 5 figs. Table 1 |
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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.
†Simocetus rayi Fordyce 2002
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Reference: Uhen 2004 | |||||