The International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature has declined to use its plenary power to set aside the existing holotype of Basilosaurus kochiiReichenbach, 1847 (currently Zygorhiza kochii) and designate a neotype.
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1 August 2017
Opinion 2402 (Case 3611) — Basilosaurus kochii Reichenbach, 1847 (currently Zygorhizakochii; Mammalia, Cetacea): replacement of the holotype by a neotype not approved
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Alabama
Basilosauridae
Basilosaurus
Basilosaurus kochii
Cetacea
Eocene
Mammalia