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Heterodelphis croatica

Mammalia - Cetacea - Kentriodontidae

Taxonomy
Platanista croatica was named by Gorjanovic-Kramberger (1892) [no type specimen number listed ]. Its type specimen is Geological and Palaeontological National Museum, Zagreb, a partial skull (short section of rostrum with teeth), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Podsused, which is in a Tortonian marine horizon in Croatia.

It was recombined as Heterodelphis croatica by Kellogg (1925).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1892Platanista croatica Gorjanovic-Kramberger p. 12 figs. Plate 1, Figs. 5 & 6
1898Platanista croatica Trouessart p. 1017
1904Platanista croatica Trouessart p. 761
1925Heterodelphis croatica Kellogg p. 389

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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
familyKentriodontidae
genusHeterodelphis
speciescroatica()

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.

†Heterodelphis croatica Gorjanovic-Kramberger 1892
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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: carnivoresubo
Reproduction: viviparoussubo
Created: 2005-03-06 14:21:39
Modified: 2005-09-22 15:42:08
Source: subo = suborder, o = order
Reference: Uhen 2004

Age range: Tortonian or 11.63000 to 7.24600 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Croatia Platanista croatica (type locality: 84949)