Basic info Taxonomic history Classification Included Taxa
Morphology Ecology and taphonomy External Literature Search Age range and collections

Archaeodelphis patrius

Osteichthyes - Cetacea - Xenorophidae

Taxonomy
Archaeodelphis patrius was named by Allen (1921). Its type specimen is MCZ 15749, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Charleston, Tiger Leap, which is in a Chattian marine horizon in the Tiger Leap Formation of South Carolina. It is the type species of Archaeodelphis.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1921Archaeodelphis patrius Allen
1923Archaeodelphis patrius Kellogg p. 27
1930Archaeodelphis patrius Hay p. 578
1981Archaeodelphis patrius Fordyce p. 1041
1981Archaeodelphis patrius Thurmond and Jones p. 198
2002Archaeodelphis patrius Fordyce p. 217
2008Archaeodelphis patrius Uhen et al. p. 569
2011Archaeodelphis patrius Geisler et al. p. 5 figs. Table 1

Is something missing? Join the Paleobiology Database and enter the data

RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
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
familyXenorophidae
genusArchaeodelphis
speciespatrius

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.

Archaeodelphis patrius Allen 1921
show all | hide all
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available