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Ninjadelphis ujiharai

Osteichthyes - Cetacea - Allodelphinidae

Taxonomy
Ninjadelphis ujiharai was named by Kimura and Barnes (2016). Its type specimen is GMNH-PV-2570, a partial skeleton (includes partial skull and ear bones), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is MIya River at Iga City, which is in a Burdigalian marine horizon in the Hiramatsu Formation of Japan. It is the type species of Ninjadelphis.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2016Ninjadelphis ujiharai Kimura and Barnes p. 20 figs. Figures 17-29, 37C, 38B, 39C, 40A, B, Tables 1, 2

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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
superfamilyPlatanistoidea
familyAllodelphinidae
genusNinjadelphis
speciesujiharai

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.

†Ninjadelphis ujiharai Kimura and Barnes 2016
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available