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Heterodelphis klinderi

Mammalia - Cetacea - Kentriodontidae

Taxonomy
Heterodelphis klinderi was named by Brandt (1873) [No type specimen number is listed by Brandt 1873]. It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Nikolaev, which is in a Tortonian shallow subtidal horizon in the Chersonian Formation of Ukraine. It is the type species of Heterodelphis.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1873Heterodelphis klinderi Brandt p. 249 figs. Plates 25-26, Fig. 1-26
1880Heterodelphis klinderi Van Beneden and Gervais p. 497
1898Heterodelphis klinderi Trouessart p. 1021
1904Heterodelphis klinderi Trouessart p. 760
2006Heterodelphis klinderi Kazár p. 280

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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
infraorderDelphinida
familyKentriodontidae
genusHeterodelphis
speciesklinderi

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.

Heterodelphis klinderi Brandt 1873
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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: Tortonian or 11.63000 to 7.24600 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Ukraine Heterodelphis klinderi (type locality: 52073)