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Protodelphinus capellinii

Mammalia - Cetacea

Taxonomy
Protodelphinus capellinii was named by Dal Piaz (1916) [Museo di Geologica e Paleontologia dell'Universita di Padova]. Its type specimen is MGPD 26182 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Torrente Gresal, which is in a Miocene marine horizon in Italy.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1916Protodelphinus capellinii Dal Piaz p. 44 figs. Plate 1
1985Protodelphinus capellinii Pilleri p. 62
2002Protodelphinus capellinii Bianucci and Landini p. 21
2005Protodelphinus capellinii Lambert p. 228
2014Protodelphinus capellinii Fornasiero and Del Vavero p. 68

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

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.

Protodelphinus capellinii Dal Piaz 1916
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available