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Goniodelphis hudsoni

Mammalia - Cetacea - Iniidae

Taxonomy
Goniodelphis hudsoni was named by Allen (1941). Its type specimen is MCZ 3920, a partial skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is American Agricultural Chemical Company Mine, which is in a Tortonian lagoonal sandstone in the Peace River Formation of Florida. It is the type species of Goniodelphis.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1941Goniodelphis hudsoni Allen pp. 4-8 figs. Plates 1-3
1952Goniodelphis hudsoni Sherman p. 99
1988Goniodelphis hudsoni de Muizon p. 183
2008Goniodelphis hudsoni Uhen et al. p. 587
2010Goniodelphis hudsoni Cozzuol p. 203
2012Goniodelphis hudsoni Geisler et al. p. 199

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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
classMammalia
RankNameAuthor
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Artiodactylamorpha
—Artiodactyla()
—Whippomorpha
orderCetacea
—Pelagiceti
—Neoceti
suborderOdontoceti
infraorderDelphinida
superfamilyInioidea
familyIniidae()
genusGoniodelphis
specieshudsoni

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.

†Goniodelphis hudsoni Allen 1941
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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: Late/Upper Hemphillian or 9.40000 to 4.70000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246USA (Florida) Goniodelphis hudsoni (type locality: 45469)
Late/Upper Hemphillian9.4 - 4.7USA (Florida) Goniodelphis hudsoni (18532)
Late/Upper Hemphillian - Zanclean9.4 - 3.6USA (Florida) Goniodelphis hudsoni (18535)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (Florida) Goniodelphis hudsoni (154720)