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Ziphiodelphis sigmoideus
Taxonomy
Eurhinodelphis sigmoideus was named by Pilleri (1985). 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 considered an invalid subgroup of Eurhinodelphis by Bianucci and Landini (2002); it was recombined as Ziphiodelphis sigmoideus by Lambert (2004), Fornasiero and Del Vavero (2014).
It was considered an invalid subgroup of Eurhinodelphis by Bianucci and Landini (2002); it was recombined as Ziphiodelphis sigmoideus by Lambert (2004), Fornasiero and Del Vavero (2014).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1985 | Eurhinodelphis sigmoideus Pilleri p. 37 |
| 1990 | Eurhinodelphis sigmoideus Pilleri p. 44 |
| 2004 | Ziphiodelphis sigmoideus Lambert p. 156 |
| 2005 | Eurhinodelphis sigmoideus Lambert p. 654 |
| 2014 | Ziphiodelphis sigmoideus Fornasiero and Del Vavero p. 67 |
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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.
†Ziphiodelphis sigmoideus Pilleri 1985
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range: base of the Aquitanian to the top of the Burdigalian or 23.04000 to 15.98000 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Aquitanian | Italy | Eurhinodelphis sigmoideus (type locality: 47623) | |
| Burdigalian | Italy | Dalpiazella sp. (47427) |