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Urkudelphis chawpipacha

Mammalia - Cetacea

Taxonomy
Urkudelphis chawpipacha was named by Tanaka et al. (2017). Its type specimen is MO-1, a partial skull ((premaxilla, maxilla, vomer, pterygoid, frontal, parie- tal, interparietal, alisphenoid, squamosal and supraoccipital), including the right periotic, right tymp), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Montañita/Olón, which is in a Chattian coastal sandstone in the Dos Bocas Formation of Ecuador. It is the type species of Urkudelphis.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2017Urkudelphis chawpipacha Tanaka et al. p. 3 figs. Figs 2–12, Tables 1 and 2

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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
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Artiodactylamorpha
—Artiodactyla()
—Whippomorpha
orderCetacea
—Pelagiceti
—Neoceti
suborderOdontoceti
superfamilyPlatanistoidea
genusUrkudelphis
specieschawpipacha

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.

†Urkudelphis chawpipacha Tanaka et al. 2017
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available