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Tursiops truncatus truncatus

Osteichthyes - Cetacea - Delphinidae

Taxonomy
Tursiops truncatus truncatus was named by Hershkovitz (1966). It is extant.

Entered
by M. Uhen on 2007-02-19

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1862Delphinus tursio obtusus Schlegel
1904Tursiops tursio obtusus Trouessart p. 288
1966Tursiops truncatus truncatus Hershkovitz p. 52

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
RankNameAuthor
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Artiodactylamorpha
—Artiodactyla()
—Whippomorpha
orderCetacea
—Pelagiceti
—Neoceti
suborderOdontoceti
infraorderDelphinida
superfamilyDelphinoidea
familyDelphinidae
subfamilyDelphininae
genusTursiops
speciestruncatus()
subspeciestruncatus

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available