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Lissodelphis nordmanni

Mammalia - Cetacea - Delphinidae

Taxonomy
Delphinapterus (Pachypleurus) nordmanni was named by Brandt (1873). It is not extant. Its type locality is Chisinau, which is in a Sarmatian marine horizon in Moldova.

It was recombined as Archaeocetus nordmanni by Sinzow (1898), Trouessart (1904) and Macarovici (1944); it was recombined as Pristinocetus nordmanni by Trouessart (1898); it was recombined as Lissodelphis nordmanni by McKenna and Bell (1997).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1873Delphinapterus (Pachypleurus) nordmanni Brandt p. 234
1898Archaeocetus nordmanni Sinzow p. 124
1898Pristinocetus nordmanni Trouessart p. 1071
1904Delphinapterus (Pachypleurus) nordmanni Palmer p. 495
1904Archaeocetus nordmanni Trouessart p. 780
1944Archaeocetus nordmanni Macarovici p. 136
1997Lissodelphis nordmanni McKenna and Bell p. 385

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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)
Theriiformes()
RankNameAuthor
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Euungulata
Artiodactylamorpha
Artiodactyla()
Whippomorpha
orderCetacea
Pelagiceti
Neoceti
suborderOdontoceti
infraorderDelphinida
superfamilyDelphinoidea
familyDelphinidae
subfamilyLissodelphininae()
genusLissodelphisGloger 1841
speciesnordmanni()

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.

Lissodelphis nordmanni Brandt 1873
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available