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Pomatodelphis bobengi

Mammalia - Cetacea - Platanistidae

Taxonomy
Schizodelphis bobengi was named by Case (1934). Its type specimen is UMMP 15117, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is International Agricultural Mine, which is in a Tortonian marine sandstone in the Peace River Formation of Florida.

It was recombined as Pomatodelphis bobengi by Morgan (1994), Barnes (2006) and Uhen et al. (2008).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1934Schizodelphis bobengi Case pp. 105-110 figs. 1-3
1952Schizodelphis bobengi Sherman p. 99
1994Pomatodelphis bobengi Morgan p. 252 fig. 5
2006Pomatodelphis bobengi Barnes p. 32
2008Pomatodelphis bobengi Uhen et al. p. 582

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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
—Amblyoccipita
—Stegoceti
familyPlatanistidae()
genusPomatodelphis
speciesbobengi()

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.

†Pomatodelphis bobengi Case 1934
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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
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 Tortonian to the top of the Early/Lower Clarendonian or 11.62000 to 9.40000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (Florida) Pomatodelphis bobengi (45461)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Brazil (Acre) Pomatodelphis bobengi (55602)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246USA (Florida) Pomatodelphis bobengi (45459) Pomatodelphis bobengi, Schizodelphis bobengi (type locality: 45457)