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Lissodelphis fockii

Mammalia - Cetacea - Delphinidae

Taxonomy
Delphinapterus (Pachypleurus) fockii was named by Brandt (1873). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Stavropol, which is in a Sarmatian marine horizon in the Russian Federation.

It was recombined as Beluga fockii by Studer (1898); it was recombined as Archaeocetus fockii by Sinzow (1898) and Macarovici (1944); it was recombined as Pristinocetus fockii by Trouessart (1898); it was recombined as Archaeocetus focki by Trouessart (1904); it was recombined as Lissodelphis fockii by McKenna and Bell (1997).

Subspecies

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1873Delphinapterus (Pachypleurus) fockii Brandt p. 236
1898Archaeocetus fockii Sinzow p. 127
1898Beluga fockii Studer p. 132
1898Pristinocetus fockii Trouessart p. 1072
1904Delphinapterus (Pachypleurus) fockii Palmer p. 495
1904Archaeocetus focki Trouessart p. 780
1944Archaeocetus fockii Macarovici p. 136
1966Delphinapterus (Pachypleurus) fockii Kudrin and Tatarinov p. 976
1997Lissodelphis fockii McKenna and Bell p. 385

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
RankNameAuthor
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Euungulata
Artiodactylamorpha
Artiodactyla()
Whippomorpha
orderCetacea
Pelagiceti
Neoceti
suborderOdontoceti
infraorderDelphinida
superfamilyDelphinoidea
familyDelphinidae
subfamilyLissodelphininae()
genusLissodelphisGloger 1841
speciesfockii()

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.

Lissodelphis fockii Brandt 1873
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Lissodelphis fockii minor Macarovici and Zaharia 1968
Lissodelphis fockii major Macarovici and Zaharia 1968
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available