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Imerodelphis thabagarii

Mammalia - Cetacea - Kentriodontidae

Taxonomy
Imerodelphis thabagarii was named by Mchedlidze (1959). Its type specimen is IPB no. 1, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Kvaliti Village, which is in a Serravallian marine horizon in Georgia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1959Imerodelphis thabagarii Mchedlidze
2006Imerodelphis thabagarii Grigorescu and Kazár p. 62
2020Imerodelphis thabagarii Gol'din et al. p. 11

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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
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Artiodactylamorpha
—Artiodactyla()
—Whippomorpha
orderCetacea
—Pelagiceti
—Neoceti
suborderOdontoceti
infraorderDelphinida
familyKentriodontidae
genusImerodelphis
speciesthabagarii

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.

†Imerodelphis thabagarii Mchedlidze 1959
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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: 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 Sarmatian to the top of the Serravallian or 12.70000 to 11.62000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Georgia Imerodelphis thabagarii (type locality: 47619)
Sarmatian12.7 - 11.608Ukraine Imerodelphis thabagarii (213541)