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Miodelphis

Mammalia - Cetacea

Taxonomy
Miodelphis was named by Wilson (1935) [Sepkoski's age data: T Mi-l Sepkoski's reference number: 746]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Delphinidae by Wilson (1935) and Mitchell and Tedford (1973); to Odontoceti by Barnes (1977) and Carroll (1988); to Autoceta by McKenna and Bell (1997); to Delphinoidea by Fordyce and de Muizon (2001); to Cetacea by Sepkoski (2002); and to Delphinida by Uhen et al. (2008).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1935Miodelphis Wilson p. 76
1973Miodelphis Mitchell and Tedford p. 272
1977Miodelphis Barnes p. 325
1988Miodelphis Carroll
1997Miodelphis McKenna and Bell p. 371
2001Miodelphis Fordyce and de Muizon p. 179
2002Miodelphis Sepkoski
2008Miodelphis Uhen et al. p. 584

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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
infraorderDelphinida
genusMiodelphis

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.

G. †Miodelphis Wilson 1935
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Miodelphis californicus Wilson 1935
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available