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Schizodelphis sulcatus

Mammalia - Cetacea - Eurhinodelphinidae

Taxonomy
Delphinus sulcatus was named by Gervais (1853). Its type specimen is MNHN RL 12, a partial skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Couronsec, which is in a Miocene marine horizon in France. It is the type species of Delphinus (Delphinorhynchus).

It was recombined as Delphinorhynchus sulcatus by Gervais (1853); it was recombined as Cyrtodelphis sulcatus by Abel (1901), Dal Piaz (1901), Abel (1905), Dal Piaz (1916), Dal Piaz (1929), Dal Piaz (1971); it was recombined as Schizodelphis sulcatus by Gervais (1861), Brandt (1873), Brandt (1874), Van Beneden and Gervais (1880), Lydekker (1887), Roger (1887), Paquier (1894), Trouessart (1898), Abel (1900), Trouessart (1904), Joleaud (1906), Daxner-Hoeck (1971), Barnes and Mitchell (1978), Pilleri (1985), Pilleri (1986), Muizon (1988), Bianucci and Landini (2002), Uhen et al. (2008), Benoit et al. (2011).

Subspecies
S. incurvata

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1840Delphinus pseudodelphis Gervais p. 11
1844Delphinus dationum Laurillard p. 634
1849Delphinus pseudodelphis Gervais p. 11 figs. not figured
1852Delphinus pseudodelphis Gervais p. 150
1852Delphinus dationum Gervais p. 151
1853Delphinorhynchus sulcatus Gervais figs. Plate VII
1853Delphinorhynchus desalles Gervais p. 313 figs. Plate VII, Fig. 4
1853Delphinus dationum Gervais p. 313
1853Delphinus canaliculatus Meyer p. 163
1853Delphinus dationum Pictet p. 381
1853Delphinus pseudodelphis Pictet p. 381
1859Delphinorhynchus dationum Gervais p. 306
1861Schizodelphis sulcatus Gervais p. 126
1872Platydelphis canaliculatus Du Bus p. 498
1873Delphinus dationum Brandt p. 247
1873Schizodelphis sulcatus Brandt p. 253
1873Schizodelphis canaliculatus Brandt p. 255
1874Schizodelphis sulcatus Brandt p. II
1874Delphinus dationum Brandt p. 14
1874Platydelphis canaliculatus Vanden Broeck p. 146
1876Platyrhynchus canaliculatus Van Beneden p. 488
1880Champsodelphis dationum Van Beneden and Gervais p. 488
1880Schizodelphis sulcatus Van Beneden and Gervais p. 504
1880Schizodelphis canaliculatus Van Beneden and Gervais p. 506
1886Schizodelphis canaliculatus Probst
1887Schizodelphis sulcatus Lydekker p. 74
1887Schizodelphis sulcatus Roger p. 23
1890Stenodelphis canaliculatus Cope p. 604
1894Schizodelphis sulcatus Paquier p. 47
1898Delphinus datonium Longhi p. 333
1898Schizodelphis canaliculatus Studer p. 132
1898Champsodelphis dationum Trouessart p. 1019
1898Schizodelphis sulcatus Trouessart p. 1021
1898Schizodelphis canaliculatus Trouessart p. 1022
1900Schizodelphis sulcatus Abel p. 12
1900Champsodelphis dationum Abel p. 843
1901Cyrtodelphis sulcatus Abel p. 48
1901Cyrtodelphis sulcatus Dal Piaz p. 289
1904Champsodelphis dationum Trouessart p. 758
1904Schizodelphis sulcatus Trouessart p. 758
1905Cyrtodelphis sulcatus Abel p. 124
1906Schizodelphis sulcatus Joleaud p. 379
1916Cyrtodelphis sulcatus Dal Piaz pp. 4-5
1929Cyrtodelphis sulcatus Dal Piaz p. 80
1971Cyrtodelphis sulcatus Dal Piaz p. 75
1971Schizodelphis sulcatus Daxner-Hoeck p. 763
1978Schizodelphis sulcatus Barnes and Mitchell p. 591
1985Schizodelphis sulcatus Pilleri p. 48
1986Schizodelphis sulcatus Pilleri p. 77
1988Schizodelphis sulcatus Muizon p. 33
2002Schizodelphis sulcatus Bianucci and Landini p. 21
2008Schizodelphis sulcatus Uhen et al. p. 572
2011Schizodelphis sulcatus Benoit et al. p. 326

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Eugnathostomata
—Teleostomi(Bonaparte 1836)
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Artiodactylamorpha
—Artiodactyla()
—Whippomorpha
orderCetacea
—Pelagiceti
—Neoceti
suborderOdontoceti
familyEurhinodelphinidae()
genusSchizodelphis
speciessulcatus()

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.

†Schizodelphis sulcatus Gervais 1853
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Invalid names: Delphinorhynchus desalles Gervais 1853 [synonym], Delphinus canaliculatus Meyer 1853 [synonym], Delphinus dationum Laurillard 1844 [synonym], Delphinus pseudodelphis Gervais 1849 [synonym]
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: carnivoresubo
Reproduction: viviparoussubo
Created: 2005-03-06 14:21:39
Modified: 2005-09-22 15:42:08
Source: subo = suborder, o = order
Reference: Uhen 2004

Age range: base of the Aquitanian to the top of the Serravallian or 23.04000 to 11.63000 Ma

Collections (28 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chattian - Burdigalian27.3 - 15.98Switzerland Schizodelphis sulcatus (46474)
Aquitanian23.04 - 20.45Italy Cyrtodelphis sulcatus (47623) Schizodelphis sulcatus (57060)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Egypt Schizodelphis sulcatus (79701 123296)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98France Schizodelphis sulcatus (114719)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Switzerland Schizodelphis sulcatus (46476 46477 46480)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Austria Cyrtodelphis sulcatus (65181) Schizodelphis sulcatus (65161)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Germany Delphinus canaliculatus (47425)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Switzerland (Aargau) Schizodelphis sulcatus (46525)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98USA (Delaware) Rhabdosteus indet. (18579)
MN 416.9 - 15.98Egypt Cyrtodelphis sulcatus (53970)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82France (Maine-et-Loire) Schizodelphis sulcatus (148396)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82France Schizodelphis sulcatus (148401)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Portugal Schizodelphis sulcatus (240623)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82USA (Virginia) Rhabdosteus longirostris (57784) Rhabdosteus longirostris, Rhabdosteus barnesi (57785)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82USA (Maryland) Rhabdosteus longirsotris (48884)
Langhian - Serravallian15.98 - 11.63India (Gujarat) Schizodelphis sulcatus (230661)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63France Delphinus sulcatus, Delphinus dationum, Delphinus pseudodelphis (type locality: 56685)
Langhian - Tortonian15.98 - 7.246France (Maine-et-Loire) Schizodelphis sulcatus (142149)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63Netherlands Cyrtodelphis sulcatus (75152)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63France Delphinus dationum (85338)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63Italy Schizodelphis sulcatus (48656)
MN 6 - MN 7 + 813.82 - 11.1Slovakia Schizodelphis sulcatus (69712)