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Delphinus delannoy

Mammalia - Cetacea - Delphinidae

Taxonomy
Delphinus delannoy was named by Van Beneden (1860). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Eibergen, which is in a Serravallian coastal claystone in the Netherlands.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
D. heavisidei

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1860Delphinus delannoy Van Beneden p. 408
1901Delphinus delannoy Abel p. 42

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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
superfamilyDelphinoidea
familyDelphinidae
subfamilyDelphininae
genusDelphinus
speciesdelannoy

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.

†Delphinus delannoy Van Beneden 1860
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatitesubo
Form: roller-shapedo
Ontogeny: modification of partso
Environment: marine, freshwatersubo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: aquatico
Depth habitat: surfaceo
Diet: piscivoref
Diet 2: carnivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubo
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-06-08 12:11:09
Source: f = family, subo = suborder, o = order
References: Uhen 2004, Nowak 1991

Age range: base of the Serravallian to the top of the Pliocene or 13.82000 to 2.58800 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Netherlands Delphinus delannoy (type locality: 75264)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Belgium (Oost-Vlaanderen) Delphinus delannoy (57138)