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Dilophodelphis fordycei

Mammalia - Cetacea - Platanistidae

Taxonomy
Dilophodelphis fordycei was named by Boersma et al. (2017). Its type specimen is USNM 214911 , a skull (skull with periotics, missing bullae), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Nye Beach, which is in a Burdigalian marine horizon in the Astoria Formation of Oregon. It is the type species of Dilophodelphis.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2017Dilophodelphis fordycei Boersma et al. figs. figures 1–6, tables 1–3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Eugnathostomata
—Teleostomi(Bonaparte 1836)
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
—Amblyoccipita
—Stegoceti
familyPlatanistidae()
genusDilophodelphis
speciesfordycei

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.

†Dilophodelphis fordycei Boersma et al. 2017
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available