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Squalodelphis
Taxonomy
Squalodelphis was named by Dal Piaz (1917) [Sepkoski's age data: T Mi-l-u Sepkoski's reference number: 1066]. It is not extant. Its type is Squalodelphis fabianii. It is the type genus of Squalodelphinae.
It was assigned to Squalodelphinae by Ginsburg and Janvier (1971); to Ziphiidae by Kellogg (1928), Simpson (1945), Mead (1975), Ginsburg and Janvier (1975), Carroll (1988), Benton (1993); to Squalodelphidae by Dal Piaz (1917), Dal Piaz (1929), Pilleri (1985), Muizon (1987), Muizon (1994); to Cetacea by Sepkoski (2002); and to Squalodelphinidae by Fordyce and de Muizon (2001), Bianucci and Landini (2002), Geisler and Sanders (2003), Bianucci et al. (2013), Lambert et al. (2014), Fornasiero and Del Vavero (2014), Bianucci et al. (2015), Marx et al. (2016), Godfrey et al. (2017), Kimura (2018), Bianucci et al. (2018), Nelson and Uhen (2018), Viglino et al. (2022).
It was assigned to Squalodelphinae by Ginsburg and Janvier (1971); to Ziphiidae by Kellogg (1928), Simpson (1945), Mead (1975), Ginsburg and Janvier (1975), Carroll (1988), Benton (1993); to Squalodelphidae by Dal Piaz (1917), Dal Piaz (1929), Pilleri (1985), Muizon (1987), Muizon (1994); to Cetacea by Sepkoski (2002); and to Squalodelphinidae by Fordyce and de Muizon (2001), Bianucci and Landini (2002), Geisler and Sanders (2003), Bianucci et al. (2013), Lambert et al. (2014), Fornasiero and Del Vavero (2014), Bianucci et al. (2015), Marx et al. (2016), Godfrey et al. (2017), Kimura (2018), Bianucci et al. (2018), Nelson and Uhen (2018), Viglino et al. (2022).
Species
S. fabianii (type species)
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1917 | Squalodelphis Dal Piaz p. 5 figs. Plates 1-5 |
| 1928 | Squalodelphis Kellogg p. 33 figs. Table 1 |
| 1929 | Squalodelphis Dal Piaz p. 77 |
| 1945 | Squalodelphis Simpson p. 101 |
| 1971 | Squalodelphis Ginsburg and Janvier p. 170 |
| 1975 | Squalodelphis Ginsburg and Janvier p. 82 |
| 1975 | Squalodelphis Mead p. 750 figs. Table 1 |
| 1985 | Squalodelphis Pilleri p. 26 |
| 1987 | Squalodelphis Muizon p. 13 |
| 1988 | Squalodelphis Carroll |
| 1993 | Squalodelphis Benton p. 761 |
| 1994 | Squalodelphis Muizon p. 136 |
| 2001 | Squalodelphis Fordyce and de Muizon p. 178 |
| 2002 | Squalodelphis Bianucci and Landini p. 21 |
| 2002 | Squalodelphis Sepkoski |
| 2003 | Squalodelphis Geisler and Sanders p. 28 |
| 2013 | Squalodelphis Bianucci et al. p. 744 figs. Figure 3 |
| 2014 | Squalodelphis Fornasiero and Del Vavero p. 66 |
| 2014 | Squalodelphis Lambert et al. p. 1001 figs. Figure 8 |
| 2015 | Squalodelphis Bianucci et al. |
| 2016 | Squalodelphis Marx et al. p. 126 |
| 2017 | Squalodelphis Godfrey et al. figs. Figure 6 |
| 2018 | Squalodelphis Bianucci et al. p. 4 |
| 2018 | Squalodelphis Kimura p. 4 figs. Fig. 4 |
| 2018 | Squalodelphis Nelson and Uhen |
| 2022 | Squalodelphis Viglino et al. p. 32 |
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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.
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range: base of the Aquitanian to the top of the Burdigalian or 23.04000 to 15.98000 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Aquitanian | Italy | S. fabianii (47623) | |
| Burdigalian | Germany | S. fabianii (47425) |