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Lipotidae

Mammalia - Cetacea - Lipotidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1978Lipotidae Zhou et al.
1984Lipotidae Zhou et al. p. 173
1985Lipotidae Barnes et al. p. 25
1985Lipotidae Zhou et al. p. 170
1988Lipotidae de Muizon p. 164
1993Lipotidae Benton p. 762
1997Lipotidae McKenna and Bell p. 387
1998Lipotidae Rice
2001Lipotidae Fordyce and de Muizon p. 178
2002Lipotidae Rice p. 231 figs. Table 1
2003Lipotidae Geisler and Sanders p. 28
2005Lipotidae Gingerich p. 237 figs. Table 15.1
2007Lipotidae Bianucci and Landini p. 46 figs. Table 2.1
2008Lipotidae Uhen et al. p. 585
2009Lipotidae Rice p. 235 figs. Table 1
2011Lipotidae Geisler et al. p. 29 figs. Figure 5
2013Lipotidae Boessenecker p. 872
2015Lipotidae Boessenecker and Poust
2016Lipotidae Marx et al. p. 131
2017Lipotidae Berta p. 163
2024Lipotidae Kimura and Hasegawa p. 2

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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
classMammalia
RankNameAuthor
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Euungulata
Artiodactylamorpha
Artiodactyla()
Whippomorpha
orderCetacea
Pelagiceti
Neoceti
suborderOdontoceti
infraorderDelphinida
familyLipotidae
familyLipotidae

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.

Fm. Lipotidae Zhou et al. 1978
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G. †Eolipotes Kimura and Hasegawa 2024
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Eolipotes japonicus Kimura and Hasegawa 2024
G. Lipotes Miller 1918
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Lipotes vexillifer Miller 1918 [Chinese river dolphin]
G. †Parapontoporia Barnes 1984
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Parapontoporia pacifica Barnes 1984
Parapontoporia sternbergi Gregory and Kellogg 1927
Parapontoporia wilsoni Barnes 1985
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

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Tortonian to the top of the Holocene or 11.62000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 7.246 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Japan (Tochigi) Lipotidae indet., Odontoceti indet. (234280)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246USA (California) Parapontoporia wilsoni (46297)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Japan (Gunma) Eolipotes japonicus (200052)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Mexico (Baja California) Parapontoporia pacifica (45458)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Japan (Iwate) Parapontoporia sp. (76006)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588USA (California) Parapontoporia sternbergi (19703) Stenodelphis sternbergi (46067 52584)
Piacenzian - Gelasian3.6 - 1.806USA (California) Parapontoporia sp. (166974)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0China (Hunan) Lipotes vexillifer (86874)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0China Lipotes vexillifer (68028)