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Leptodelphis stavropolitanus

Mammalia - Cetacea - Kentriodontidae

Taxonomy
Leptodelphis stavropolitanus was named by Kirpichnikov (1954). Its type specimen is PIN 672, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Stavropol, which is in a Sarmatian marine horizon in the Russian Federation. It is the type species of Leptodelphis.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1954Leptodelphis stavropolitanus Kirpichnikov pp. 183-183 figs. Fig. 1-2, Plates 1-3
1985Leptodelphis stavropolitanus Barnes p. 25
1995Leptodelphis stavropolitanus Ichishima et al. p. 487

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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
classMammalia
RankNameAuthor
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Artiodactylamorpha
—Artiodactyla()
—Whippomorpha
orderCetacea
—Pelagiceti
—Neoceti
suborderOdontoceti
infraorderDelphinida
familyKentriodontidae
subfamilyPithanodelphininae()
genusLeptodelphis
speciesstavropolitanus

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.

†Leptodelphis stavropolitanus Kirpichnikov 1954
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available