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Platanistinae (disused)

Mammalia - Cetacea - Platanistidae

Taxonomy

Platanistinae was named by Flower (1867). It is extant.

It was assigned to Holodontidae by Brandt (1874); and to Platanistidae by Flower (1867), Gill (1871), Trouessart (1898), Hay (1902), Trouessart (1904), Weber (1928), Hay (1930), Simpson (1945), Ellerman and Morrisson-Scott (1951), Fraser and Purves (1960), Scheffer and Rice (1963), Kasuya (1973), Barnes (2002), Barnes (2006), Bianucci and Landini (2007), Bianucci et al. (2013) and Godfrey et al. (2017).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1867	Platanistinae Flower p. 114
1871	Platanistinae Gill p. 123
1874	Platanistinae Brandt p. II
1898	Platanistinae Trouessart p. 1015
1902	Platanistinae Hay p. 590
1904	Platanistinae Trouessart p. 756
1928	Platanistinae Weber p. 389
1930	Platanistinae Hay p. 596
1945	Platanistinae Simpson p. 101
1951	Platanistinae Ellerman and Morrisson-Scott p. 719
1960	Platanistinae Fraser and Purves p. 112 figs. Figure 26
1963	Platanistinae Scheffer and Rice p. 5
1973	Platanistinae Kasuya p. 61
2002	Platanistinae Barnes p. 410
2006	Platanistinae Barnes p. 32
2007	Platanistinae Bianucci and Landini p. 45 figs. Table 2.1
2013	Platanistinae Bianucci et al. p. 741
2017	Platanistinae Godfrey et al.

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
—	Osteichthyes	()
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda
—	Reptiliomorpha
—	Anthracosauria
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota
subclass	Synapsida
—	Therapsida	()
infraorder	Cynodontia	()
—	Mammaliamorpha
—	Mammaliaformes
class	Mammalia
—	Theriamorpha	(Rowe 1993)

Rank	Name	Author
—	Theriiformes	()
—	Trechnotheria
—	Cladotheria
—	Zatheria
subclass	Tribosphenida	()
subclass	Theria
—	Eutheria	()
—	Placentalia
—	Boreoeutheria
—	Laurasiatheria
—	Scrotifera
—	Euungulata
—	Artiodactylamorpha
—	Artiodactyla	()
—	Whippomorpha
order	Cetacea
—	Pelagiceti
—	Neoceti
suborder	Odontoceti
—	Amblyoccipita
—	Stegoceti
family	Platanistidae	()
subfamily	Platanistinae
subfamily	Platanistinae

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.

Subfm. Platanistinae Flower 1867

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Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

hydroxyapatitesubo

Form:

roller-shapedo

Ontogeny:

modification of partso

Environment:

marine, freshwatersubo

Locomotion:

actively mobileo

Life habit:

aquatico

Depth habitat:

surfaceo

Diet:

piscivoref

Reproduction:

viviparoussubo

Created:

2005-06-08 10:11:09

Modified:

2005-06-08 12:11:09

Source: f = family, subo = suborder, o = order

References: Nowak 1991, Uhen 2004

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Miocene to the top of the MN 5 or 23.03000 to 13.65000 Ma

Collections (4 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene	23.03 - 15.97	USA (Oregon)	Platanistinae indet. (70502)
MN 5	15.97 - 13.65	Austria (Niederösterreich)	Platanistinae indet. (45836)
Serravallian	13.82 - 11.62	Colombia	Platanistinae indet. (214580)
Laventan	13.8 - 11.0	Peru	Platanista sp. (107992)