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Sotalia guianensis

Mammalia - Cetacea - Delphinidae

Taxonomy
Delphinus guianensis was named by Van Beneden (1864). It is extant. Its type locality is Maroni River, which is in a Holocene fluvial horizon in Suriname.

It was recombined as Steno guianensis by Scott (1873); it was synonymized subjectively with Sotalia fluviatilis by da Silva and Best (1996) and Mead and Brownell (2005); it was recombined as Sotalia guianensis by Van Beneden (1863), Gray (1866), Gray (1868), Gray (1871), Trouessart (1898), Trouessart (1904), Scheffer and Rice (1963), Hershkovitz (1966), Cunha et al. (2005) and Jefferson (2021).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1863Sotalia guianensis Van Beneden p. 33 figs. Pl. 1
1864Delphinus guianensis Van Beneden p. 27 figs. Fig. p. 32, Fig. p. 33, fig. p. 24, Plat
1866Sotalia guianensis Gray p. 401
1868Sotalia guianensis Gray p. 6
1871Sotalia guianensis Gray p. 67
1873Steno guianensis Scott p. 71
1898Sotalia guianensis Trouessart p. 1027
1904Sotalia guianensis Trouessart p. 763
1963Sotalia guianensis Scheffer and Rice p. 7
1966Sotalia guianensis Hershkovitz p. 20
2005Sotalia guianensis Cunha et al.
2021Sotalia guianensis Jefferson p. 23

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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
infraorderDelphinida
superfamilyDelphinoidea
familyDelphinidae
genusSotalia
speciesguianensis(Van Beneden 1864)

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.

Sotalia guianensis Van Beneden 1864
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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: piscivoref
Diet 2: carnivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubo
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-06-08 12:11:09
Source: f = family, subo = suborder, o = order
References: Uhen 2004, Nowak 1991

Age range: Holocene or 0.01170 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Suriname Delphinus guianensis (type locality: 86877)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Brazil (Bahia) Sotalia guianensis (68031)