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Phocaenopsis

Mammalia - Cetacea - Eurhinodelphinidae

Taxonomy
Phocaenopsis was named by Huxley (1859) [Sepkoski's age data: T Mi-l]. Its type is Phocaenopsis mantelli.

It was synonymized subjectively with Acrodelphis by Zittel (1925); it was considered a nomen dubium by Fordyce and de Muizon (2001).

It was assigned to Delphinidae by Trouessart (1904), Palmer (1904) and Kellogg (1928); to Odontoceti by Fordyce (1980) and Fordyce (1981); to Phocaenidae by Simpson (1945) and Carroll (1988); to Rhabdosteidae by Benton (1993) and McKenna and Bell (1997); to Cetacea by Huxley (1859) and Sepkoski (2002); and to Eurhinodelphinidae by Fordyce and Roberts (2009), Ortega and Fordyce (2009) and Berta (2017).

Species
P. mantelli (type species), P. scheynensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1859Phocaenopsis Huxley p. 677
1904Phocaenopsis Palmer p. 532
1904Phocaenopsis Trouessart p. 769
1928Phocaenopsis Kellogg p. 33 figs. Table 1
1945Phocaenopsis Simpson p. 104
1980Phocaenopsis Fordyce p. iii figs. Table 2
1981Phocaenopsis Fordyce p. 563
1988Phocaenopsis Carroll
1993Phocaenopsis Benton p. 761
1997Phocaenopsis McKenna and Bell p. 374
2002Phocaenopsis Sepkoski
2009Phocaenopsis Fordyce and Roberts p. 553
2009Phocaenopsis Ortega and Fordyce p. 164
2017Phocaenopsis Berta p. 165

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
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
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Euungulata
Artiodactylamorpha
Artiodactyla()
Whippomorpha
orderCetacea
Pelagiceti
Neoceti
suborderOdontoceti
familyEurhinodelphinidae()
genusPhocaenopsis

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.

G. †Phocaenopsis Huxley 1859
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Phocaenopsis mantelli Huxley 1859
Phocaenopsis scheynensis Du Bus 1872
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 Altonian to the top of the Late/Upper Pliocene or 19.00000 to 2.58800 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Altonian19.0 - 15.9New Zealand (North Otago) P. mantelli (45662)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Netherlands Acrodelphis scheynensis (75152)
Late/Upper Miocene - Late/Upper Pliocene11.608 - 2.588Belgium (Antwerpen) P. scheynensis (47465)