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Leptodelphis
Taxonomy
Leptodelphis was named by Kirpichnikov (1954) [Sepkoski's age data: T Mi-m Sepkoski's reference number: 1066]. It is not extant. Its type is Leptodelphis stavropolitanus.
It was assigned to Delphinidae by Kirpichnikov (1954); to Kentriodontinae by Barnes (1978), McKenna and Bell (1997); to Pithanodelphinae by de Muizon (1988), Fordyce and de Muizon (2001); to Cetacea by Sepkoski (2002); to Pithanodelphininae by Marx et al. (2016); and to Kentriodontidae by Barnes (1985), Carroll (1988), Benton (1993), Ichishima et al. (1995), Berta (2017).
It was assigned to Delphinidae by Kirpichnikov (1954); to Kentriodontinae by Barnes (1978), McKenna and Bell (1997); to Pithanodelphinae by de Muizon (1988), Fordyce and de Muizon (2001); to Cetacea by Sepkoski (2002); to Pithanodelphininae by Marx et al. (2016); and to Kentriodontidae by Barnes (1985), Carroll (1988), Benton (1993), Ichishima et al. (1995), Berta (2017).
Species
L. stavropolitanus (type species)
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1954 | Leptodelphis Kirpichnikov p. 182 |
| 1978 | Leptodelphis Barnes p. 26 |
| 1985 | Leptodelphis Barnes p. 25 |
| 1988 | Leptodelphis Carroll |
| 1988 | Leptodelphis de Muizon p. 162 |
| 1993 | Leptodelphis Benton p. 762 |
| 1995 | Leptodelphis Ichishima et al. p. 487 |
| 1997 | Leptodelphis McKenna and Bell p. 388 |
| 2001 | Leptodelphis Fordyce and de Muizon p. 179 |
| 2002 | Leptodelphis Sepkoski |
| 2016 | Leptodelphis Marx et al. p. 134 |
| 2017 | Leptodelphis Berta p. 163 |
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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.
G. †Leptodelphis Kirpichnikov 1954
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†Leptodelphis stavropolitanus Kirpichnikov 1954
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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