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Iniopsis
Taxonomy
Iniopsis was named by Lydekker (1892) [Sepkoski's age data: T Ol-u T Mi-u Sepkoski's reference number: 746]. Its type is Iniopsis caucasica. It was considered monophyletic by Uhen (2008).
It was assigned to Platanistinae by Trouessart (1898) and Trouessart (1904); to Platanistidae by Lydekker (1892) and Palmer (1904); to Rhabdosteidae by Barnes (1985); to Delphinidae by Kellogg (1928), Simpson (1945), Mchedlidze (1962), Mchedlidze (1976) and Carroll (1988); to Odontoceti by Muizon (1990); to Autoceta by McKenna and Bell (1997); to Eurhinodelphinoidea by Fordyce and de Muizon (2001); to Cetacea by Sepkoski (2002); and to Eurhinodelphinidae by Uhen (2008) and Berta (2017).
It was assigned to Platanistinae by Trouessart (1898) and Trouessart (1904); to Platanistidae by Lydekker (1892) and Palmer (1904); to Rhabdosteidae by Barnes (1985); to Delphinidae by Kellogg (1928), Simpson (1945), Mchedlidze (1962), Mchedlidze (1976) and Carroll (1988); to Odontoceti by Muizon (1990); to Autoceta by McKenna and Bell (1997); to Eurhinodelphinoidea by Fordyce and de Muizon (2001); to Cetacea by Sepkoski (2002); and to Eurhinodelphinidae by Uhen (2008) and Berta (2017).
Species
I. caucasica (type species)
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1892 | Iniopsis Lydekker pp. 562-564 |
| 1898 | Iniopsis Trouessart p. 1020 |
| 1904 | Iniopsis Palmer p. 350 |
| 1904 | Iniopsis Trouessart p. 760 |
| 1928 | Iniopsis Kellogg p. 33 figs. Table 1 |
| 1945 | Iniopsis Simpson p. 103 |
| 1962 | Iniopsis Mchedlidze p. 440 |
| 1976 | Iniopsis Mchedlidze p. 22 |
| 1985 | Iniopsis Barnes p. 90 |
| 1988 | Iniopsis Carroll |
| 1990 | Iniopsis Muizon p. 313 |
| 1997 | Iniopsis McKenna and Bell p. 371 |
| 2001 | Iniopsis Fordyce and de Muizon p. 178 |
| 2002 | Iniopsis Sepkoski |
| 2008 | Iniopsis Uhen p. 445 figs. Table 1 |
| 2017 | Iniopsis Berta p. 165 |
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available