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Australodelphis

Mammalia - Cetacea - Delphinidae

Taxonomy
Australodelphis was named by Fordyce et al. (2002). It is not extant. Its type is Australodelphis mirus. It was considered monophyletic by Murakami et al. (2014).

It was assigned to Delphinidae by Fordyce et al. (2002), Murakami et al. (2014), Marx et al. (2016) and Berta (2017).

Species
A. mirus (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Australodelphis Fordyce et al. pp. 40-49 figs. 2-5
2014Australodelphis Murakami et al. p. 492 figs. Table 1
2016Australodelphis Marx et al. p. 140
2017Australodelphis Berta p. 164

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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
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Euungulata
Artiodactylamorpha
Artiodactyla()
Whippomorpha
orderCetacea
Pelagiceti
Neoceti
suborderOdontoceti
infraorderDelphinida
superfamilyDelphinoidea
familyDelphinidae
genusAustralodelphis

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. †Australodelphis Fordyce et al. 2002
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Australodelphis mirus Fordyce et al. 2002
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available