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Eoplatanista gresalensis

Mammalia - Cetacea - Eoplatanistidae

Taxonomy
Cyrtodelphis gresalensis was named by Dal Piaz (1916). Its type specimen is IGUP 26 154, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Libano, which is in an Aquitanian marine sandstone in the Libano Sandstone Formation of Italy.

It was recombined as Schizodelphis gresalensis by Pilleri (1985); it was recombined as Zignodelphis gresalensis by Pilleri (1989); it was recombined as Eoplatanista gresalensis by Muizon (1988), Bianucci and Landini (2002), Fornasiero and Del Vavero (2014).

Synonyms
  • Schizodelphis yablokovi was named by Pilleri (1985). Its type specimen is IGUP 26 254, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Libano, which is in an Aquitanian marine sandstone in the Libano Sandstone Formation of Italy.

    It was synonymized subjectively with Eoplatanista gresalensis by Muizon (1988); it was recombined as Zignodelphis yablokovi by Pilleri (1989).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1916Cyrtodelphis gresalensis Dal Piaz p. 11 figs. Plate II, Fig 1-9
1985Schizodelphis gresalensis Pilleri p. 58
1985Schizodelphis yablokovi Pilleri p. 59
1988Eoplatanista gresalensis Muizon p. 59
1989Zignodelphis gresalensis Pilleri p. 121
1989Zignodelphis yablokovi Pilleri p. 121
2002Eoplatanista gresalensis Bianucci and Landini p. 21
2014Eoplatanista gresalensis Fornasiero and Del Vavero p. 68

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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
infraorderEurhinodelphinida
superfamilyEurhinodelphinoidea()
familyEoplatanistidae
genusEoplatanista
speciesgresalensis()

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.

Eoplatanista gresalensis Dal Piaz 1916
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Invalid names: Schizodelphis yablokovi Pilleri 1985 [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: Aquitanian or 23.04000 to 20.45000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aquitanian23.04 - 20.45Italy Cyrtodelphis gresalensis, Schizodelphis yablokovi (type locality: 47623)