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Caolodelphis

Mammalia - Cetacea

Taxonomy
Caolodelphis was named by Godfrey and Lambert (2023). Its type is Caolodelphis milleri.

It was assigned to Odontoceti by Godfrey and Lambert (2023).

Species
C. milleri (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2023Caolodelphis Godfrey and Lambert p. 158 figs. FIGURES 2.62, 2.63

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Artiodactylamorpha
—Artiodactyla()
—Whippomorpha
orderCetacea
—Pelagiceti
—Neoceti
suborderOdontoceti
genusCaolodelphis

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. †Caolodelphis Godfrey and Lambert 2023
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†Caolodelphis milleri Godfrey and Lambert 2023
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
S. J. Godfrey and O. Lambert 2023Medium-size odontocete with the following unique combination of characters: postorbital width of skull approximately 230 mm; flattened frontals on the vertex; left and right frontals on the vertex separated from one another (possibly exaggerated to some extent by taphonomic processes); anterior end of the zygomatic processes drawn out into a pointed spur; and the basioccipital crests being greatly thickened transversely (the latter two probably represent auta- pomorphic features). This new odontocete further diers from most other clades of odontocetes except Eoplatanista, eurhino- delphinids, squaloziphiids, and members of the Chilcacetus clade in the anteroposteriorly thick postglenoid process, from Platani- delphidi in the posterior dorsal infraorbital foramen being lo- cated lateral to the lateral margin of the premaxilla, and from eurhinodelphinids in the occipital shield projecting farther an- teriorly and the temporal fossa being dorsoventrally higher and more broadly open posterodorsally. The maximum width of the skull (i.e., the bizygomatic width) is less than in Chilcacetus ca- virhinus, much less than in Macrodelphinus kelloggi, and greater than in “Argyrocetus” joaquinensis and Eoplatanista spp.