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Araeodelphis natator

Mammalia - Cetacea - Platanistidae

Taxonomy
Araeodelphis natator was named by Kellogg (1957). Its type specimen is USNM 10478 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Chesapeake Beach, south of, Zone 4-9, which is in a Burdigalian offshore claystone in the Calvert Formation of Maryland.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1957Araeodelphis natator Kellogg pp. 313-314 figs. Plates 16-30
1994Araeodelphis natator Gottfried et al. p. 233
2006Araeodelphis natator Godfrey et al. p. 68A
2008Araeodelphis natator Uhen et al. p. 569
2008Araeodelphis natator Whitmore and Kaltenbach p. 192
2017Araeodelphis natator Godfrey et al.
2023Araeodelphis natator Godfrey and Lambert p. 77

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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()
genusAraeodelphis
speciesnatator

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.

†Araeodelphis natator Kellogg 1957
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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: Nowak 1991, Uhen 2004

Age range: Burdigalian or 20.45000 to 15.98000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aquitanian - Langhian23.04 - 13.82USA (North Carolina) Araeodelphis natator (48887)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98USA (Maryland) Araeodelphis natator (type locality: 70593 71810)