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Eoplatanista italica

Mammalia - Cetacea - Eoplatanistidae

Taxonomy
Eoplatanista italica was named by Dal Piaz (1916). Its type specimen is IGUP 26 153, a partial skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Libano, which is in an Aquitanian marine sandstone in the Libano Sandstone Formation of Italy. It is the type species of Eoplatanista.

Synonyms
  • Schizodelphis brachycephalus was named by Pilleri (1985). Its type specimen is IGUP 26 414, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Libano, which is in an Aquitanian marine sandstone in the Libano Sandstone Formation of Italy.

    It was synonymized subjectively with Eoplatanista italica by Muizon (1988); it was recombined as Zignodelphis brachycephalus by Pilleri (1989).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1916Eoplatanista italica Dal Piaz p. 9 figs. Plate 1 and 2, fig. 1 and 13
1929Eoplatanista italica Dal Piaz p. 82
1971Eoplatanista italica Dal Piaz p. 74
1985Schizodelphis brachycephalus Pilleri p. 55
1985Eoplatanista italica Pilleri p. 61
1989Eoplatanista italica Pilleri p. 121
1989Zignodelphis brachycephalus Pilleri p. 121
2002Eoplatanista italica Bianucci and Landini p. 21
2014Eoplatanista italica Fornasiero and Del Vavero p. 67

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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
infraorderEurhinodelphinida
superfamilyEurhinodelphinoidea()
familyEoplatanistidae
genusEoplatanista
speciesitalica

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.

†Eoplatanista italica Dal Piaz 1916
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Invalid names: Schizodelphis brachycephalus Pilleri 1985 [synonym]
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: Aquitanian or 23.04000 to 20.45000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aquitanian23.04 - 20.45Italy Eoplatanista italica, Schizodelphis brachycephalus (type locality: 47623)