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Allodelphis woodburnei

Mammalia - Cetacea - Allodelphinidae

Taxonomy
Allodelphis woodburnei was named by Barnes and Reynolds (2009). Its type specimen is SBCM L3210-1, a partial skeleton (partial skeleton with skull & mandible), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is SBCM 1.103.77, which is in an Aquitanian marine conglomerate in the Vaqueros Formation of California.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2009Allodelphis woodburnei Barnes and Reynolds p. 494 figs. Figs 6B, 8, 9 10B, 11B; Table 1
2016Allodelphis woodburnei Kimura and Barnes p. 9

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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
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
RankNameAuthor
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Artiodactylamorpha
—Artiodactyla()
—Whippomorpha
orderCetacea
—Pelagiceti
—Neoceti
suborderOdontoceti
superfamilyPlatanistoidea
familyAllodelphinidae
genusAllodelphis
specieswoodburnei

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.

†Allodelphis woodburnei Barnes and Reynolds 2009
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
T. Kimura and L. G. Barnes 2016A species of the genus Allodelphis differing from A. pratti by having cranium with mesorostral canal more closed over in its posterior part by slightly closer approximation of medial margins of right and left premaxillae, medial margins of premaxillae sloping medially anterior to dorsal nares rather than being horizontal, premaxillae lateral to dorsal nares having elevated lateral margins that overhang adjacent maxillae, premaxillae wider adjacent to dorsal nares, dorsal nares of smaller diameter, zygomatic process of squamosal shorter anteroposteriorly, more bulbous, and more steeply inclined anteriorly causing glenoid fossa for articulation with mandibular condyle to face more anteriorly, basisphenoid and basioccipital more arched on midline of basicranium; and by having humerus relatively and absolutely larger compared to body size, with relatively larger humeral head.
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 23.03000 to 20.44000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44USA (California) Allodelphis woodburnei (type locality: 100260)