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Squalodelphis âśť

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4832295https://www.gbif.org/species/4832295
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)36851https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=36851
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Cetacea : Ziphiidae : Squalodelphis
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Cetacea : Squalodelphinidae : Squalodelphis
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
familySqualodelphinidae
genusSqualodelphisPiaz 1919
Scientific NameSqualodelphis Piaz, 1919
Name Published InMem. Ist. Geol. Univ. Padova, 5, 1917
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Squalodelphisgenusbelongs to Squalodelphidaestated with evidenceDal Piaz, 1917
Squalodelphisgenusbelongs to Ziphiidaestated without evidenceKellogg, 1928
Squalodelphisgenusbelongs to Squalodelphidaestated without evidenceDal Piaz, 1929
Squalodelphisgenusbelongs to Ziphiidaestated without evidenceSimpson, 1945
Squalodelphisgenusbelongs to Squalodelphinaestated without evidenceGinsburg and Janvier, 1971
Squalodelphisgenusbelongs to Ziphiidaestated without evidenceGinsburg and Janvier, 1975
Squalodelphisgenusbelongs to Squalodelphidaestated without evidencePilleri, 1985
Squalodelphisgenusbelongs to ZiphiidaeimpliedCarroll, 1988
Squalodelphisgenusbelongs to Ziphiidaestated without evidenceBenton, 1993
Squalodelphisgenusbelongs to Squalodelphidaestated with evidenceMuizon, 1994
Squalodelphisgenusbelongs to Squalodelphinidaestated without evidenceFordyce and de Muizon, 2001
Squalodelphisgenusbelongs to Cetaceasecond handSepkoski, 2002
Squalodelphisgenusbelongs to Squalodelphinidaestated without evidenceBianucci and Landini, 2002
Squalodelphisgenusbelongs to Squalodelphinidaestated with evidenceBianucci et al., 2013
Squalodelphisgenusbelongs to Squalodelphinidaestated without evidenceFornasiero and Del Vavero, 2014
Squalodelphisgenusbelongs to Squalodelphinidaestated with evidenceBianucci et al., 2015
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)2
First Recorded Appearance23.0 - 20.4 Ma
Miocene
Last Recorded Appearance20.4 - 16.0 Ma
Miocene
Environmentmarine,freshwater (based on Odontoceti)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Cetacea)
Dietcarnivore (based on Odontoceti)
Reproductionviviparous (based on Odontoceti)
Ontogenymodification of parts (based on Cetacea)
Taphonomyhydroxylapatite (based on Odontoceti)
Primary Reference (PBDB)G. Dal Piaz. 1917. Gli Odontoceti del Miocene bellunese, Parte Terza. Squalodelphis fabiannii. Memorie dell' Instituto Geologico della R. Universita di Padova 5(1):1-34

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Squalodelphis fabianii âśť
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
223.0 Ma
Miocene
20.4 Ma
Miocene

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1917Squalodelphis Dal Piaz p. 5 figs. Plates 1-5
1928Squalodelphis Kellogg p. 33 figs. Table 1
1929Squalodelphis Dal Piaz p. 77
1945Squalodelphis Simpson p. 101
1971Squalodelphis Ginsburg and Janvier p. 170
1975Squalodelphis Ginsburg and Janvier p. 82
1975Squalodelphis Mead p. 750 figs. Table 1
1985Squalodelphis Pilleri p. 26
1987Squalodelphis Muizon p. 13
1988Squalodelphis Carroll
1993Squalodelphis Benton p. 761
1994Squalodelphis Muizon p. 136
2001Squalodelphis Fordyce and de Muizon p. 178
YearName and Author
2002Squalodelphis Bianucci and Landini p. 21
2002Squalodelphis Sepkoski, Jr.
2003Squalodelphis Geisler and Sanders p. 28
2013Squalodelphis Bianucci et al. p. 744 figs. Figure 3
2014Squalodelphis Fornasiero and Del Vavero p. 66
2014Squalodelphis Lambert et al. p. 1001 figs. Figure 8
2015Squalodelphis Bianucci et al.
2016Squalodelphis Marx et al. p. 126
2017Squalodelphis Godfrey et al. figs. Figure 6
2018Squalodelphis Bianucci et al. p. 4
2018Squalodelphis Kimura p. 4 figs. Fig. 4
2018Squalodelphis Nelson and Uhen

References

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Simpson G. G. (1945) The principles of classification and a classification of mammals, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 85, 1-350
Ginsburg L., Janvier P. (1971) Les mamiferes marins des faluns miocenes de la Touraine et de l'Anjou, Bulletin du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Sciences de la Terre 6 22, 161-195
Ginsburg L., Janvier P. (1975) Les mammiferes marins des faluns de la Touraine et de l'Anjou: faune, gisements et paleobiologie, Bulletin Society E. sci. Anjou, N. S. 9, 73-96
Mead J. G. (1975) A fossil beaked whale (Cetacea: Ziphiidae) from the Miocene of Kenya, Journal of Paleontology 49 4, 745-751
Pilleri G. (1985) The Miocene Cetacea of the Belluno Sandstones (Eastern Southern Alps), Memoire degli Instituti di Geologia e Mineralogia dell'Universita di Padova 37, 1-250
Carroll R. L. (1988) , Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution, 1-698
Benton M. J. (1993) , The Fossil Record 2, 1-845
Muizon C. (1994) Are the squalodonts related to the platanistoids?, Proceedings of the San Diego Society of Natural History 29, 135-146
Fordyce R. E., de Muizon C. (2001) Evolutionary history of the cetaceans: a review, Secondary Adaptations of Tetrapods to Life in the Water, 169-233
Bianucci G., Landini W. (2002) Change in diversity, ecological significance and biogeographical relationships of the Mediterranean Miocene toothed whale fauna, Geobios Mémoire spécial 24, 19-28
Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560
Bianucci G., et al (2013) A Miocene relative of the Ganges River dolphin (Odontoceti, Platanistidae) from the Amazonian Basin, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 33 3, 741-745
Fornasiero M., Del Vavero L. (2014) I Cetacei fossili del Museo di Geologia e Paleontologia dell’Università di Padova, Museologia Scientifica Memorie 13, 62-69
Lambert O., Bianucci G., et al (2014) Huaridelphis raimondii, a new early Miocene Squalodelphinidae (Cetacea, Odontoceti) from the Chilcatay Formation, Peru, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 34 5, 987-1004 doi:10.1080/02724634.2014.858050
Bianucci G., Urbina M., et al (2015) A new record of Notocetus vanbenedeni (Squalodelphinidae, Odontoceti, Cetacea) from the Early Miocene of Peru, Comptes Rendus Palevol 14, 5-13 doi:10.1016/j.crpv.2014.08.003
Marx F. G., Lambert O., et al (2016) Cetacean Paleobiology, 1-319
Godfrey S. J., Barnes L. G., et al (2017) The Early Miocene odontocete Araeodelphis natator Kellogg, 1957 (Cetacea; Platanistidae), from the Calvert Formation of Maryland, U.S.A, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, e1278607 doi:10.1080/02724634.2017.1278607
Bianucci G., Bosio G., et al (2018) A new large squalodelphinid (Cetacea, Odontoceti) from Peru sheds light on the Early Miocene platanistoid disparity and ecology, Royal Society Open Science 5 4, 172302 doi:10.1098/rsos.172302
Kimura T. (2018) First squalodelphinid from the early Miocene of the Pacific realm in the Northern Hemisphere, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 38 4, e1493595 doi:10.1080/02724634.2018.1493595
Nelson M. D., Uhen M. D. (2018) First occurrence of a squalodelphinid (Cetacea, Odontoceti) from the early Miocene of Washington State, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology doi:10.1080/02724634.2017.1428197
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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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