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Pomatodelphis stenorhynchus

Mammalia - Cetacea - Platanistidae

Taxonomy
Delphinus stenorhynchus was named by Holl (1829). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Pontigne 2, which is in a Burdigalian terrestrial sandstone in France.

It was synonymized subjectively with Delphinus longirostris by Keferstein (1834); it was replaced with Delphinus renovi by Laurillard (1846); it was recombined as Champsodelphis stenorhynchus by Longhi (1898); it was synonymized subjectively with Champsodelphis renovi by Trouessart (1898); it was recombined as Pomatodelphis stenorhynchus by Allen (1921), Barnes (2002), Barnes (2006).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1829Delphinus stenorhynchus Holl p. 70
1834Champsodelphis longirostris Keferst
1844Delphinus renovi Laurillard p. 634
1852Delphinus renovi Gervais p. 151
1853Delphinus renovi Pictet p. 382
1873Delphinus stenorhynchus Brandt p. 246
1873Delphinus renoui Brandt p. 247
1874Delphinus stenorhynchus Brandt p. II
1880Champsodelphis renovi Van Beneden and Gervais p. 487
1894Schizodelphis depereti Paquier p. 7 figs. Pl. 1, Fig. 1 & 2
1898Champsodelphis stenorhynchus Longhi
1898Champsodelphis renovi Longhi p. 333
1898Champsodelphis renovi Trouessart p. 1019
1898Schizodelphis depereti Trouessart p. 1022
1900Champsodelphis renovi Abel p. 843
1904Champsodelphis renoui Trouessart p. 758
1906Schizodelphis depereti Joleaud p. 379
1921Pomatodelphis stenorhynchus Allen p. 153
1943Delphinus stenorhynchus Holl p. 70
2002Pomatodelphis stenorhynchus Barnes p. 411
2006Pomatodelphis stenorhynchus Barnes p. 32

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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()
genusPomatodelphis
speciesstenorhynchus()

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.

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Invalid names: Champsodelphis renovi Laurillard 1844 [synonym], Schizodelphis depereti Paquier 1894 [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: 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: base of the MN 3 to the top of the Tortonian or 20.00000 to 7.24600 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98France Pomatodelphis stenorhynchus (56562) Schizodelphis depereti (57780)
MN 3 - MN 520.0 - 13.82France Pomatodelphis stenorhynchus (94801)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82France Pomatodelphis stenorhynchus (90354)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63France Delphinus renovi (85155)
Langhian - Tortonian15.98 - 7.246France Pomatodelphis stenorhynchus (142147)
Langhian - Tortonian15.98 - 7.246France (Maine-et-Loire) Pomatodelphis stenorhynchus (142149)
Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene11.63 - 3.6France (Maine-et-Loire) Delphinus stenorhynchus (221136)