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Eurhinodelphis longirostris

Mammalia - Cetacea - Eurhinodelphinidae

Taxonomy
Eurhinodelphis longirostris was named by Du Bus (1867). It is not extant. Its type specimen is MRHN 3249. Its type locality is Anvers, which is in a Miocene/Pliocene marine horizon in Belgium.

It was recombined as Rhabdosteus longirostris by Myrick (1979); it was recombined as Schizodelphis longirostris by Muizon (1988), Bianucci and Landini (2002), Lambert (2005).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1867Eurhinodelphis ambiguus Du Bus p. 491
1867Eurhinodelphis longirostris Du Bus p. 491
1872Priscodelphinus elegans Du Bus p. 496
1872Priscodelphinus pulvinatus Du Bus p. 496
1874Eurhinodelphis ambiguus Vanden Broeck p. 146
1874Eurhinodelphis longirostris Vanden Broeck p. 146
1874Priscodelphinus elegans Vanden Broeck p. 146
1874Priscodelphinus pulvinatus Vanden Broeck p. 146
1880Eurhinodelphis longirostris Van Beneden and Gervais p. 493
1880Eurhinorhynchus ambiguus Van Beneden and Gervais p. 493
1880Priscodelphinus elegans Van Beneden and Gervais p. 495
1880Priscodelphinus pulvinatus Van Beneden and Gervais p. 495
1898Eurhinodelphis ambiguus Trouessart p. 1021
1898Priscodelphinus elegans Trouessart p. 1023
1898Priscodelphinus pulvinatus Trouessart p. 1023
1898Eurhinodelphis longirostris Trouessart p. 1221
1901Eurhinodelphis ambiguus Abel p. 42
1901Eurhinodelphis longirostris Abel p. 42
1904Eurhinodelphis ambiguus Palmer p. 279
1904Eurhinodelphis longirostris Trouessart p. 761
1905Eurhinodelphis longirostris Abel p. 120
1979Rhabdosteus longirostris Myrick p. 77
1988Schizodelphis longirostris Muizon p. 40
2002Schizodelphis longirostris Bianucci and Landini p. 21
2004Eurhinodelphis longirostris Lambert p. 159
2005Schizodelphis longirostris Lambert p. 653

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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
familyEurhinodelphinidae()
genusEurhinodelphis
specieslongirostris

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.

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Invalid names: Eurhinodelphis ambiguus Du Bus 1867 [synonym], Priscodelphinus elegans Du Bus 1872 [synonym], Priscodelphinus pulvinatus Du Bus 1872 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available