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Pomatodelphis inaequalis

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4971066https://www.gbif.org/species/4971066
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)62907https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=62907
Rankspecies
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Cetacea : Platanistidae : Pomatodelphis : Pomatodelphis inaequalis
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Cetacea : Platanistidae : Pomatodelphis : Pomatodelphis inaequalis
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrataLamarck 1801
superclassGnathostomataGegenbauer 1874
-Osteichthyes
-SarcopterygiiRomer 1955
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha
subclassTetrapodomorpha
-Tetrapoda
-ReptiliomorphaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-AnthracosauriaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-Batrachosauria
-Cotylosauria
-AmniotaHaeckel 1866
-SynapsidaOsborn 1903
-Therapsida
infraorderCynodontia
-EpicynodontiaHopson and Kitching 2001
infraorderEucynodontiaKemp 1982
-ProbainognathiaHopson 1990
-MammaliamorphaRowe 1988
-MammaliaformesRowe 1988
classMammaliaLinnaeus 1758
orderCetaceaBrisson 1762
-PelagicetiUhen 2008
-NeocetiFordyce and de Muizon 2001
suborderOdontocetiFlower 1867
superfamilyPlatanistoideaSimpson 1945
familyPlatanistidae
genusPomatodelphisAllen 1921
speciesPomatodelphis inaequalisAllen 1921
Generic NamePomatodelphis
Scientific NamePomatodelphis inaequalis Allen, 1921
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Pomatodelphis inaequalisspeciesbelongs to Pomatodelphisstated without evidenceAllen, 1921
Pomatodelphis inaequalisspeciesbelongs to Pomatodelphisstated with evidenceBoersma and Pyenson, 2016
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance13.8 - 11.6 Ma
Miocene
Last Recorded Appearance10.3 - 4.9 Ma
Neogene
Environmentmarine,freshwater (based on Odontoceti)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Cetacea)
Dietpiscivore (based on Platanistidae)
Reproductionviviparous (based on Odontoceti)
Ontogenymodification of parts (based on Cetacea)
Taphonomyhydroxylapatite (based on Odontoceti)
Primary Reference (PBDB)G. M. Allen. 1921. A new fossil cetacean. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 65(1):1-14

Fossil Distribution

Obsolete Names

NameSourceTaxon RankTaxonomy
Schizodelphis depressus (Allen, 1921)GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Cetacea : Platanistidae : Pomatodelphis : Schizodelphis depressus
Cyrtodelphis depressus (Allen, 1921)GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Cetacea : Platanistidae : Pomatodelphis : Cyrtodelphis depressus
Pomatodelphis inequalis Allen, 1921GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Cetacea : Platanistidae : Pomatodelphis : Pomatodelphis inequalis

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1921Schizodelphis depressus Allen pp. 145-147 figs. Plate 9, figs 1-3
1921Pomatodelphis inaequalis Allen p. 148
1930Cyrtodelphis depressus Hay p. 591
1930Pomatodelphis inaequalis Hay p. 591
1952Pomatodelphis inequalis Sherman p. 99
1952Schizodelphis depressus Sherman p. 99
1959Pomatodelphis inaequalis Kellogg
YearName and Author
1994Pomatodelphis inaequalis Gottfried et al. p. 233
1994Pomatodelphis inaequalis Morgan p. 251
2006Pomatodelphis inaequalis Barnes p. 32
2006Pomatodelphis inaequalis Hulbert and Whitmore p. 19
2008Pomatodelphis inaequalis Uhen et al. p. 581
2016Pomatodelphis inaequalis Boersma and Pyenson p. 12 figs. Figure 10

References

Allen G. M. (1921) A new fossil cetacean, Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 65 1, 1-14
Allen G. M. (1921) Fossil cetaceans from the Florida phosphate beds, Journal of Mammalogy 2 3, 144-159
Hay O. P. (1930) Second Bibliography and Catalogue of the Fossil Vertebrata of North America, Carnegie Institution of Washington 390 II, 1-1074
Sherman H. B. (1952) A list and bibliography of the mammals of Florida, living and extinct, Quarterly Journal of the Florida Academy of Sciences 15 2, 86-126
Morgan G. S. (1994) Miocene and Pliocene marine mammal faunas from the Bone Valley Formation of central Florida, Contributions in Marine Mammal Paleontology Honoring Frank C. Whitmore Jr., Proceedings of the San Diego Society of Natural History 29, 239-268
Barnes L. G. (2006) A phylogenetic analysis of the superfamily Platanistoidea (Mammalia, Cetacea, Odontoceti), Beitrage zur Palaontologie 30, 25-42
Hulbert R. C., Whitmore F. C. (2006) Late Miocene mammals from the Mauvilla Local Fauna, Alabama, Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History 46 1, 1-28
Uhen M. D., Fordyce R. E., et al (2008) Odontoceti, Evolution of Tertiary Mammals of North America II, 566-606
Boersma A., Pyenson N. D. (2016) Arktocara yakataga, a new fossil odontocete (Mammalia, Cetacea) from the Oligocene of Alaska and the antiquity of Platanistoidea, PeerJ 4, e2321 doi:10.7717/peerj.2321
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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