Heterocetus

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Heterocetus
File:Heterocetus guiscardii.JPG
Heterocetus guiscardii vertebrae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Infraorder: Cetacea
Family: Cetotheriidae
Genus: Heterocetus
Capellini, 1877

Heterocetus is a dubious genus of extinct cetacean.[1]

Species

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  • Heterocetus brevifrons (van Beneden, 1872)[2]
  • Heterocetus guiscardii Capellini, 1877[3]
  • Heterocetus major Stefano, 1900[4]
  • Heterocetus sprangii van Beneden, 1886

Misassigned species

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  • Heterocetus affinis Van Beneden, 1880; now assigned to Parietobalaena as P. affinis[5]

References

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  2. ^ P. J. Van Beneden. 1872. Les Baleines fossiles d'Anvers. Bulletins de L'Académie Royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux-Arts 34:6-23
  3. ^ G. Capellini. 1877. Balenottere fossili e Pachyacanthus dell'Italia Meridionale. Atti della R. Accademia dei Lincei, Memorie della Base di Scienze fisiche, mathematiche e naturali. 3:611-630
  4. ^ G. Stefano. 1900. Gli avanzi fossili dei misticeti in Calabria. Società geologica italiana 19(2):281-294
  5. ^ Van Beneden, P, J. (1880). "Les Mysticètes à courts fanons des sables des environs d'Anvers". Bulletin de l'Académie Royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux-Arts de Belgique. 2. 11–27. Retrieved November 2013.

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