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Taxonomy
Macrodelphinus kelloggi was named by Wilson (1935). Its type specimen is YPM 13402, a partial skeleton (partial skull and partial skeleton missing periotics), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Woody, southwest, which is in a Chattian marine sandstone in the Jewett Formation of California.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1935 | Macrodelphinus kelloggi Wilson p. 28 figs. Fig. 4 |
| 1973 | Macrodelphinus kelloggi Mitchell and Tedford p. 272 |
| 1977 | Macrodelphinus kelloggi Barnes p. 325 figs. Table 2 |
| 2008 | Macrodelphinus kelloggi Uhen et al. p. 572 |
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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.
†Macrodelphinus kelloggi Wilson 1935
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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