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Eoplatanista taurinensis

Mammalia - Cetacea - Eoplatanistidae

Taxonomy
Eoplatanista taurinensis was named by Pilleri (1988) [Regional Museum of Natural History, Turin]. Its type specimen is PU 13898, a mandible, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Colle di Torino, which is in a Burdigalian marine horizon in Italy.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1988Eoplatanista taurinensis Pilleri p. 7 figs. Plates 1-3
1989Eoplatanista taurinensis Pilleri p. 121
2014Eoplatanista taurinensis Ormezzano and Lanzetti p. 20

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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
speciestaurinensis

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 taurinensis Pilleri 1988
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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: Burdigalian or 20.44000 to 15.97000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Italy Eoplatanista taurinensis (type locality: 65246)