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Macrodelphinus kelloggi

Mammalia - Cetacea

Taxonomy
Macrodelphinus kelloggi was named by Wilson (1935). Its type specimen is YPM 13402, a partial skeleton (partial skull and partial skeleton missing periotics), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Woody, southwest, which is in a Chattian marine sandstone in the Jewett Formation of California.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1935Macrodelphinus kelloggi Wilson p. 28 figs. Fig. 4
1973Macrodelphinus kelloggi Mitchell and Tedford p. 272
1977Macrodelphinus kelloggi Barnes p. 325 figs. Table 2
2008Macrodelphinus kelloggi Uhen et al. p. 572

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

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.

†Macrodelphinus kelloggi Wilson 1935
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available