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Delphinodon
Taxonomy
Delphinodon was named by Leidy (1869) [Sepkoski's age data: T Mi-m]. It was considered monophyletic by Dawson (1996).
It was synonymized subjectively with Squalodon by Lydekker (1887), Zittel (1894) and Zittel (1925).
It was assigned to Cynorcidae by Gill (1872); to Platanistinae by Trouessart (1898) and Hay (1902); to Platanistidae by Palmer (1904) and Case (1904); to Eurhinodelphinae by Trouessart (1904); to Delphinoceti by Abel (1919); to Eurhinodelphini by Winge (1921); to Delphininae by Hay (1930); to Delphinidae by Kellogg (1922), Kellogg (1928) and Simpson (1945); to Cetacea by Sepkoski (2002); to Kentriodontinae by Barnes (1978), Barnes (1985), de Muizon (1988), Ichishima et al. (1995), Dawson (1996), McKenna and Bell (1997), Fordyce and de Muizon (2001), Lambert et al. (2005), Whitmore and Kaltenbach (2008), Kazár and Hampe (2014) and Marx et al. (2016); to Kentriodontidae by Carroll (1988), Benton (1993), Gottfried et al. (1994), Uhen et al. (2008) and Berta (2017); and to Lophocetidae by Guo and Kohno (2023).
It was synonymized subjectively with Squalodon by Lydekker (1887), Zittel (1894) and Zittel (1925).
It was assigned to Cynorcidae by Gill (1872); to Platanistinae by Trouessart (1898) and Hay (1902); to Platanistidae by Palmer (1904) and Case (1904); to Eurhinodelphinae by Trouessart (1904); to Delphinoceti by Abel (1919); to Eurhinodelphini by Winge (1921); to Delphininae by Hay (1930); to Delphinidae by Kellogg (1922), Kellogg (1928) and Simpson (1945); to Cetacea by Sepkoski (2002); to Kentriodontinae by Barnes (1978), Barnes (1985), de Muizon (1988), Ichishima et al. (1995), Dawson (1996), McKenna and Bell (1997), Fordyce and de Muizon (2001), Lambert et al. (2005), Whitmore and Kaltenbach (2008), Kazár and Hampe (2014) and Marx et al. (2016); to Kentriodontidae by Carroll (1988), Benton (1993), Gottfried et al. (1994), Uhen et al. (2008) and Berta (2017); and to Lophocetidae by Guo and Kohno (2023).
Species
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1869 | Delphinodon Leidy p. 424 |
1872 | Delphinodon Gill p. 93 |
1898 | Delphinodon Trouessart p. 1023 |
1902 | Delphinodon Hay p. 591 |
1904 | Delphinodon Case p. 27 |
1904 | Delphinodon Palmer p. 220 |
1904 | Delphinodon Trouessart p. 761 |
1919 | Delphinodon Abel p. 772 |
1921 | Delphinodon Winge p. 35 |
1922 | Delphinodon Kellogg p. 130 |
1928 | Delphinodon Kellogg p. 33 figs. Table 1 |
1930 | Delphinodon Hay p. 587 |
1945 | Delphinodon Simpson p. 103 |
1978 | Delphinodon Barnes p. 26 |
1985 | Delphinodon Barnes p. 25 |
1988 | Delphinodon Carroll |
1988 | Delphinodon de Muizon p. 162 |
1993 | Delphinodon Benton p. 762 |
1994 | Delphinodon Gottfried et al. p. 233 |
1995 | Delphinodon Ichishima et al. p. 487 |
1996 | Delphinodon Dawson p. 132 |
1997 | Delphinodon McKenna and Bell p. 388 |
2001 | Delphinodon Fordyce and de Muizon p. 179 |
2002 | Delphinodon Sepkoski |
2005 | Delphinodon Lambert et al. p. 240 |
2008 | Delphinodon Uhen et al. p. 588 |
2008 | Delphinodon Whitmore and Kaltenbach p. 204 |
2014 | Delphinodon Kazár and Hampe p. 1217 |
2016 | Delphinodon Marx et al. p. 134 |
2017 | Delphinodon Berta p. 163 |
2023 | Delphinodon Guo and Kohno p. 5 |
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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.
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Reference: Uhen 2004 |
Collections (7 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Burdigalian - Langhian | Belgium | D. sp. (114830) | |
Langhian | USA (Virginia) | D. sp. (79793) | |
Langhian | Czech Republic (Carniola) | Champsodelphis carniolicus (84947) | |
Langhian | Mexico (Baja California) | D. sp. (52183) | |
Serravallian | USA (Virginia) | D. sp. (45508 126605) | |
Badenian | Slovenia | Champsodelphis carniolicus (70509) |