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Schizodelphis planus

Mammalia - Cetacea - Eurhinodelphinidae

Taxonomy
Delphinus planus was named by Gervais (1859). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Chamaret, which is in a Burdigalian marine horizon in France.

It was synonymized subjectively with Cyrtodelphis sulcatus by Abel (1900), Abel (1901), Dal Piaz (1901), Trouessart (1904); it was recombined as Schizodelphis planus by Van Beneden and Gervais (1880), Depéret (1887), Depéret (1893), Paquier (1894), Trouessart (1898), Joleaud (1906).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1859Delphinus planus Gervais p. 305
1880Schizodelphis planus Van Beneden and Gervais p. 507
1887Schizodelphis planus Depéret p. 280
1893Schizodelphis planus Depéret p. 204
1894Schizodelphis planus Paquier p. 48
1898Schizodelphis planus Trouessart p. 1022
1906Schizodelphis planus Joleaud p. 379

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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
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Artiodactylamorpha
—Artiodactyla()
—Whippomorpha
orderCetacea
—Pelagiceti
—Neoceti
suborderOdontoceti
familyEurhinodelphinidae()
genusSchizodelphis
speciesplanus()

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.

†Schizodelphis planus Gervais 1859
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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: Burdigalian or 20.45000 to 15.98000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98France Delphinus planus (type locality: 57780)