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Lipotes vexillifer (Chinese river dolphin)

Mammalia - Cetacea - Lipotidae

Taxonomy
Lipotes vexillifer was named by Miller (1918). It is extant. Its type specimen is USNM 218293. Its type locality is Tungting Lake, which is in a Holocene lacustrine - large horizon in China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1918Lipotes vexillifer Miller
1963Lipotes vexillifer Scheffer and Rice p. 5
1966Lipotes vexillifer Hershkovitz p. 12
1972Lipotes vexillifer Brownell and Herald p. 1
1998Lipotes vexillifer Rice p. 94
2005Lipotes vexillifer Mead and Brownell p. 739
2008Lipotes vexillifer Agnarsson and May-Collado p. 981 figs. Fig. 5
2021Lipotes vexillifer Jefferson p. 60

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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
RankNameAuthor
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Euungulata
Artiodactylamorpha
Artiodactyla()
Whippomorpha
orderCetacea
Pelagiceti
Neoceti
suborderOdontoceti
infraorderDelphinida
familyLipotidae
genusLipotes
speciesvexillifer

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.

Lipotes vexillifer Miller 1918 [Chinese river dolphin]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteg
Form: roller-shapedg
Ontogeny: modification of partso
Environment: freshwaterg
Locomotion: actively mobileg
Life habit: aquaticg
Depth habitat: surfaceo
Diet: piscivoreg
Reproduction: viviparoussubo
Created: 2015-04-14 16:55:22
Modified: 2015-04-14 16:55:22
Source: g = genus, subo = suborder, o = order
References: Hirota and Barnes 1995, Uhen 2004

Age range: Holocene or 0.01170 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0China Lipotes vexillifer (68028)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0China (Hunan) Lipotes vexillifer (type locality: 86874)