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Delphinodon dividum

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4971268https://www.gbif.org/species/4971268
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)68939https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=68939
Rankspecies
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Cetacea : Kentriodontidae : Delphinodon : Delphinodon dividum
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Cetacea : Kentriodontidae : Delphinodon : Delphinodon dividum
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
infraorderDelphinidaMuizon 1984
familyKentriodontidaeSlijper 1936
subfamilyKentriodontinaeSlijper 1936
genusDelphinodonLeidy 1869
speciesDelphinodon dividumTrue 1912
Generic NameDelphinodon
Scientific NameDelphinodon dividum True, 1912
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Delphinodon dividumspeciesbelongs to Delphinodonstated without evidenceTrue, 1912
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance23.0 - 16.0 Ma
Miocene
Last Recorded Appearance16.0 - 11.6 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)F. W. True. 1912. Description of a new fossil porpoise of the genus Delphinodon from the Miocene formation of Maryland. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 2:165-194

Fossil Distribution

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1912Delphinodon dividum True p. 188 figs. Plates 17-26
1930Delphinodon dividum Hay p. 587
1985Delphinodon dividum Barnes p. 25
1996Delphinodon dividum Dawson p. 132
2008Delphinodon dividum Whitmore and Kaltenbach p. 204

References

True F. W. (1912) Description of a new fossil porpoise of the genus Delphinodon from the Miocene formation of Maryland, Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 2, 165-194
Hay O. P. (1930) Second Bibliography and Catalogue of the Fossil Vertebrata of North America, Carnegie Institution of Washington 390 II, 1-1074
Barnes L. G. (1985) The Late Miocene dolphin Pithanodelphis Abel, 1905 (Cetacea: Kentriodontidae) from California, Contributions in Science 367, 1-27
Dawson S. D. (1996) A description of the skull and postcrania of Hadrodelphis calvertense Kellog 1966, and its position within the Kentriodontidae (Cetacea; Delphinoidea), Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 16 1, 125-134
Whitmore F. C., Kaltenbach J. A. (2008) Neogene Cetacea of the Lee Creek Phosphate Mine, North Carolina, Virginia Museum of Natural History Special Publication 14, 181-269
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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