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Macrodelphinus

Mammalia - Cetacea

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1935Macrodelphinus Wilson p. 13
1973Macrodelphinus Mitchell and Tedford p. 272
1977Macrodelphinus Barnes p. 325
1979Macrodelphinus Myrick p. 48
1988Macrodelphinus Carroll
1990Macrodelphinus Muizon p. 313
1993Macrodelphinus Benton p. 761
1997Macrodelphinus McKenna and Bell p. 374
2001Macrodelphinus Fordyce and de Muizon p. 178
2002Macrodelphinus Sepkoski
2008Macrodelphinus Uhen et al. p. 572
2015Macrodelphinus Lambert et al. p. 98 figs. Figure 13

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

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.

G. †Macrodelphinus Wilson 1935
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Macrodelphinus kelloggi Wilson 1935
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
M. D. Uhen et al. 2008Large size of the skull; wide exposure of the frontals on the vertex; short, wide nasals; hinder ends of premaxillaries not extending posteriorly behind nasals; concave supraoccipital; and heavy, elongated rostrum (Wilson, 1935).