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Pontistes
Taxonomy
Pontistes was named by Burmeister (1885) [Sepkoski's age data: T Plio-l].
It was reranked as Delphinus (Pontistes) by Burmeister (1885).
It was assigned to Delphinus by Burmeister (1885); to Platanistinae by Trouessart (1904); to Stenodelphinae by Rovereto (1915); to Iniinae by Abel (1905) and Zittel (1925); to Delphinidae by Kellogg (1928); to Stenodelphininae by Simpson (1945); to Platanistidae by Ameghino (1889), Trouessart (1898), Winge (1921) and Carroll (1988); to Pontoporiinae by Barnes (1985), de Muizon (1988) and McKenna and Bell (1997); to Cetacea by Sepkoski (2002); and to Pontoporiidae by Muizon (1984), Cozzuol (1985), Carroll (1988), Cozzuol (1996), Hamilton et al. (2001), Fordyce and de Muizon (2001), Pyenson and Hoch (2007), Cozzuol (2010), Marx et al. (2016) and Berta (2017).
It was reranked as Delphinus (Pontistes) by Burmeister (1885).
It was assigned to Delphinus by Burmeister (1885); to Platanistinae by Trouessart (1904); to Stenodelphinae by Rovereto (1915); to Iniinae by Abel (1905) and Zittel (1925); to Delphinidae by Kellogg (1928); to Stenodelphininae by Simpson (1945); to Platanistidae by Ameghino (1889), Trouessart (1898), Winge (1921) and Carroll (1988); to Pontoporiinae by Barnes (1985), de Muizon (1988) and McKenna and Bell (1997); to Cetacea by Sepkoski (2002); and to Pontoporiidae by Muizon (1984), Cozzuol (1985), Carroll (1988), Cozzuol (1996), Hamilton et al. (2001), Fordyce and de Muizon (2001), Pyenson and Hoch (2007), Cozzuol (2010), Marx et al. (2016) and Berta (2017).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1882 | Palaeopontoporia Doering p. 437 |
| 1885 | Delphinus (Pontistes) Burmeister p. 138 |
| 1885 | Pontistes Burmeister p. 138 |
| 1889 | Pontistes Ameghino p. 884 |
| 1898 | Pontistes Trouessart p. 1017 |
| 1904 | Palaeopontoporia Palmer p. 503 |
| 1904 | Pontistes Trouessart p. 757 |
| 1905 | Pontistes Abel p. 129 |
| 1915 | Pontistes Rovereto p. 143 |
| 1921 | Pontistes Winge p. 8 |
| 1925 | Pontistes Zittel p. 87 |
| 1928 | Pontistes Kellogg p. 33 figs. Table 1 |
| 1945 | Pontistes Simpson p. 101 |
| 1984 | Pontistes Muizon p. 68 |
| 1985 | Pontistes Barnes p. 29 |
| 1985 | Pontistes Cozzuol p. 44 |
| 1988 | Pontistes Carroll |
| 1988 | Pontistes de Muizon p. 162 |
| 1996 | Pontistes Cozzuol p. 327 |
| 1997 | Pontistes McKenna and Bell p. 386 |
| 2001 | Pontistes Fordyce and de Muizon p. 179 |
| 2001 | Pontistes Hamilton et al. p. 554 |
| 2002 | Pontistes Sepkoski |
| 2007 | Pontistes Pyenson and Hoch p. 757 |
| 2010 | Pontistes Cozzuol p. 201 |
| 2016 | Pontistes Marx et al. p. 133 |
| 2017 | Pontistes Berta p. 164 |
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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. †Pontistes Burmeister 1885
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†Pontistes rectifrons Bravard 1858
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Invalid names: Palaeopontoporia paranense Doering 1882 [synonym], Pontoporia paranensis Bravard 1859 [synonym]
Invalid names: Palaeopontoporia Doering 1882 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range: base of the Serravallian to the top of the Tortonian or 13.82000 to 7.24600 Ma
Collections (5 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Serravallian | Argentina (Entre Rios) | P. rectifrons (55599) | |
| Tortonian | Denmark | P. sp. (75061) | |
| Tortonian | Argentina (Entre Rios) | Delphinus rectifrons (13626) | |
| Tortonian - Messinian | Chile | P. sp. (114474) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Chile (Atacama) | P. sp. (80365) |