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Taxonomy
Pithanodelphis was named by Abel (1905) [Sepkoski's age data: T Mi-u]. It is not extant. Its type is Pithanodelphis cornutus. It was considered monophyletic by Dawson (1996).
It was assigned to Delphininae by Abel (1905); to Delphinoceti by Abel (1919); to Delphinidae by Zittel (1925), Kellogg (1928), Simpson (1945); to Odontoceti by Barnes (1977); to Kentriodontinae by Barnes (1978), McKenna and Bell (1997); to Pithanodelphinae by Barnes (1985), de Muizon (1988), Ichishima et al. (1995), Dawson (1996), Fordyce and de Muizon (2001); to Cetacea by Sepkoski (2002); to Pithanodelphininae by Barnes (1988), Marx et al. (2016); to Kentriodontidae by Carroll (1988), Berta (2017); and to Delphinida by Peredo et al. (2018), Godfrey and Lambert (2023).
It was assigned to Delphininae by Abel (1905); to Delphinoceti by Abel (1919); to Delphinidae by Zittel (1925), Kellogg (1928), Simpson (1945); to Odontoceti by Barnes (1977); to Kentriodontinae by Barnes (1978), McKenna and Bell (1997); to Pithanodelphinae by Barnes (1985), de Muizon (1988), Ichishima et al. (1995), Dawson (1996), Fordyce and de Muizon (2001); to Cetacea by Sepkoski (2002); to Pithanodelphininae by Barnes (1988), Marx et al. (2016); to Kentriodontidae by Carroll (1988), Berta (2017); and to Delphinida by Peredo et al. (2018), Godfrey and Lambert (2023).
Species
P. cornutus (type species)
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1905 | Pithanodelphis Abel p. 142 |
| 1919 | Pithanodelphis Abel p. 772 |
| 1925 | Pithanodelphis Zittel p. 87 |
| 1928 | Pithanodelphis Kellogg p. 33 figs. Table 1 |
| 1945 | Pithanodelphis Simpson p. 103 |
| 1977 | Pithanodelphis Barnes p. 328 |
| 1978 | Pithanodelphis Barnes p. 26 |
| 1985 | Pithanodelphis Barnes p. 3 |
| 1988 | Pithanodelphis Barnes p. 8 |
| 1988 | Pithanodelphis Carroll |
| 1988 | Pithanodelphis de Muizon p. 162 |
| 1995 | Pithanodelphis Ichishima et al. p. 487 |
| 1996 | Pithanodelphis Dawson p. 132 figs. Table 2 |
| 1997 | Pithanodelphis McKenna and Bell p. 388 |
| 2001 | Pithanodelphis Fordyce and de Muizon p. 179 |
| 2002 | Pithanodelphis Sepkoski |
| 2016 | Pithanodelphis Marx et al. p. 134 |
| 2017 | Pithanodelphis Berta p. 163 |
| 2018 | Pithanodelphis Peredo et al. p. 16 figs. Figure 10 |
| 2023 | Pithanodelphis Godfrey and Lambert p. 121 |
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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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Age range: base of the Serravallian to the top of the Hemphillian or 13.82000 to 4.90000 Ma
Collections (7 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Langhian - Serravallian | USA (Maryland) | P. cornutus (231780) | |
| Serravallian | USA (Maryland) | P. cornutus (231783) | |
| Tortonian | USA (California) | P. sp. (13300 52213) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene - Late/Upper Pliocene | Belgium (Antwerpen) | Phocaenopsis cornutus (47465) | |
| Hemphillian | USA (California) | P. sp. (19342) | |
| Messinian - Early/Lower Pleistocene | Netherlands | P. cornutus (189573) |