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Kentriodon fuchsii

Mammalia - Cetacea - Kentriodontidae

Taxonomy
Champsodelphis fuchsii was named by Brandt (1873). Its type specimen is NHMW 1859.XXVII.6m, a partial skeleton (several vertebrae, sternum, fragment of scapula, left humerus), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Nussdorf, which is in a Sarmatian marine claystone in Austria.

It was recombined as Acrodelphis fuchsii by Abel (1900), Palmer (1904) and Pia (1937); it was recombined as Acrodelphis fuchsi by Trouessart (1904); it was recombined as Atocetus fuchsii by Kazár and Venczel (2003) and Kazár et al. (2004); it was recombined as Kentriodon fuchsii by Kazár (2006) and Gol'din et al. (2020).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1873Champsodelphis fuchsii Brandt
1880Champsodelphis fuchsii Van Beneden and Gervais p. 496
1898Champsodelphis fuchsii Longhi p. 331
1900Acrodelphis fuchsii Abel p. 853
1904Acrodelphis fuchsii Palmer p. 76
1904Acrodelphis fuchsi Trouessart p. 760
1934Champsodelphis fuchsii Pia and Sickenberg p. 34
1937Acrodelphis fuchsii Pia p. 403
1944Champsodelphis fuchsii Macarovici p. 136
1966Champsodelphis fuchsii Kudrin and Tatarinov p. 976
2003Atocetus fuchsii Kazár and Venczel p. 181
2004Atocetus fuchsii Kazár et al. p. 179
2006Champsodelphis fuchsii Grigorescu and Kazár p. 36
2006Kentriodon fuchsii Kazár p. 282
2020Kentriodon fuchsii Gol'din et al. p. 9

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Artiodactylamorpha
—Artiodactyla()
—Whippomorpha
orderCetacea
—Pelagiceti
—Neoceti
suborderOdontoceti
infraorderDelphinida
familyKentriodontidae
genusKentriodon
speciesfuchsii()

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.

†Kentriodon fuchsii Brandt 1873
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatitesubo
Form: roller-shapedo
Ontogeny: modification of partso
Environment: marine, freshwatersubo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: aquatico
Depth habitat: surfaceo
Diet: carnivoresubo
Reproduction: viviparoussubo
Created: 2005-03-06 14:21:39
Modified: 2005-09-22 15:42:08
Source: subo = suborder, o = order
Reference: Uhen 2004

Age range: base of the Langhian to the top of the MN 7 + 8 or 15.97000 to 11.10000 Ma

Collections (14 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Austria Champsodelphis fuchsii (48029)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Moldova Kentriodon fuchsii (213543)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Austria Champsodelphis fuchsii (73276)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Armenia Champsodelphis fuchsii (47620)
MN 7 + 812.75 - 11.1Romania Kentriodon fuchsii (70507)
Sarmatian12.7 - 11.608Austria Champsodelphis fuchsii (type locality: 47080 73275)
Sarmatian12.7 - 11.608Moldova Champsodelphis fuchsii (57734 71663)
Sarmatian12.7 - 11.608Romania Atocetus fuchsii (47082) Kentriodon fuchsii (183538 213742)
Sarmatian12.7 - 11.608Hungary (Pecs Megyei Varos) Champsodelphis fuchsii (59664)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Turkey Acrodelphis fuchsii (56563)