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Squalodelphinidae ✝

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Description

Squalodelphinidae is a family of primitive platanistoid river dolphins found in marine deposits in the eastern Pacific, western Atlantic, and Europe.

From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squalodelphinidae, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4971058	https://www.gbif.org/species/4971058
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	53261	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=53261

Rank

family

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Cetacea : Squalodelphinidae

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Triploblastica	Lankester 1877
-	Nephrozoa	Jondelius et al. 2002
-	Deuterostomia	Grobben 1908
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1847
subphylum	Vertebrata	Lamarck 1801
superclass	Gnathostomata	Gegenbauer 1874
-	Osteichthyes
-	Sarcopterygii	Romer 1955
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha
-	Tetrapoda
-	Reptiliomorpha	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Anthracosauria	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Batrachosauria
-	Cotylosauria
-	Amniota	Haeckel 1866
-	Synapsida	Osborn 1903
-	Therapsida
infraorder	Cynodontia
-	Epicynodontia	Hopson and Kitching 2001
infraorder	Eucynodontia	Kemp 1982
-	Probainognathia	Hopson 1990
-	Mammaliamorpha	Rowe 1988
-	Mammaliaformes	Rowe 1988
class	Mammalia	Linnaeus 1758
order	Cetacea	Brisson 1762
-	Pelagiceti	Uhen 2008
-	Neoceti	Fordyce and de Muizon 2001
suborder	Odontoceti	Flower 1867
superfamily	Platanistoidea	Simpson 1945
family	Squalodelphinidae	Dal Piaz 1917

Scientific Name

Squalodelphinidae

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Squalodelphinidae	family	belongs to Squaloceti	stated without evidence	Dal Piaz, 1929
Squalodelphinidae	family	belongs to Ziphiidae	stated without evidence	Ginsburg and Janvier, 1971
Squalodelphinidae	family	belongs to Platanistoidea	stated without evidence	Muizon, 1984
Squalodelphinidae	family	belongs to Odontoceti	stated without evidence	Pilleri, 1985
Squalodelphinidae	family	belongs to Squalodontoidea	stated without evidence	Barnes et al., 1985
Squalodelphinidae	family	belongs to Platanistoidea	stated without evidence	Muizon, 1987
Squalodelphinidae	family	subjective synonym of Hyperoodontidae	stated without evidence	McKenna and Bell, 1997
Squalodelphinidae	family	belongs to Platanistoidea	stated without evidence	Rice, 1998
Squalodelphinidae	family	belongs to Odontoceti	stated without evidence	Geisler and Sanders, 2003
Squalodelphinidae	family	belongs to Platanistoidea	stated without evidence	Gingerich, 2005
Squalodelphinidae	family	belongs to Platanistoidea	stated with evidence	Godfrey et al., 2006
Squalodelphinidae	family	belongs to Platanistoidea	stated without evidence	Barnes, 2006
Squalodelphinidae	family	belongs to Platanistoidea	stated with evidence	Lambert et al., 2014
Squalodelphinidae	family	belongs to Platanistoidea	stated without evidence	Aguirre-Fernández and Fordyce, 2014
Squalodelphinidae	family	belongs to Platanistoidea	stated with evidence	Bianucci et al., 2015
Squalodelphinidae	family	belongs to Platanistoidea	stated without evidence	Berta, 2017
Squalodelphinidae	family	belongs to Platanistoidea	stated with evidence	Bianucci et al., 2018

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

28.1 - 23.0 Ma
Cenozoic

Last Recorded Appearance

16.0 - 5.3 Ma
Miocene

Environment

marine,freshwater (based on Odontoceti)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Cetacea)

Diet

carnivore (based on Odontoceti)

Reproduction

viviparous (based on Odontoceti)

Ontogeny

modification of parts (based on Cetacea)

Taphonomy

hydroxylapatite (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

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squalodelphinidae

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Huaridelphis ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	2	23.0 Ma Miocene	20.4 Ma Miocene
Macrosqualodelphis ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	20.4 Ma Miocene	20.4 Ma Miocene
Medocinia ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	20.4 Ma Miocene	20.4 Ma Miocene
Notocetus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	6	23.0 Ma Miocene	20.4 Ma Miocene
Phocageneus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	4	23.0 Ma Miocene	16.0 Ma Miocene
Squalodelphis ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	2	23.0 Ma Miocene	20.4 Ma Miocene

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1917	Squalodelphidae Dal Piaz p. 32
1929	Squalodelphidae Dal Piaz p. 77
1931	Squalodelphidae Van Deinse p. 33
1971	Squalodelphinae Ginsburg and Janvier p. 170
1984	Squalodelphidae Muizon p. 68
1985	Squalodelphidae Barnes et al. p. 25
1985	Squalodelphidae Pilleri p. 26
1987	Squalodelphidae Muizon p. 13
1990	Squalodelphinidae Muizon p. 312
1994	Squalodelphidae Fordyce and Barnes p. 429 figs. Table 1
1994	Squalodelphidae Muizon p. 136
1995	Squalodelphidae Fordyce et al. p. 379
1998	Squalodelphidae Rice
2001	Squalodelphinidae Fordyce and de Muizon p. 178
2002	Squalodelphinidae Rice p. 231 figs. Table 1
2003	Squalodelphinidae Geisler and Sanders p. 28

Year	Name and Author
2005	Squalodelphinidae Gingerich p. 237 figs. Table 15.1
2006	Squalodelphinidae Barnes p. 32
2006	Squalodelphinidae Godfrey et al. p. 68A
2007	Squalodelphinidae Bianucci and Landini p. 45 figs. Table 2.1
2008	Squalodelphinidae Uhen et al. p. 582
2008	Squalodelphinidae Whitmore and Kaltenbach p. 189
2009	Squalodelphinidae Barnes and Reynolds p. 487
2009	Squalodelphinidae Rice p. 235 figs. Table 1
2011	Squalodelphidae Geisler et al. p. 29 figs. Figure 5
2014	Squalodelphinidae Aguirre-Fernández and Fordyce p. 195
2014	Squalodelphinidae Lambert et al. p. 990
2015	Squalodelphinidae Bianucci et al. p. 6
2016	Squalodelphinidae Marx et al. p. 126 figs. Figure 4.25
2017	Squalodelphinidae Berta p. 163
2018	Squalodelphinidae Bianucci et al. p. 4
2018	Squalodelphinidae Nelson and Uhen

References

Dal Piaz G. (1917) Gli Odontoceti del Miocene bellunese, Parte Terza. Squalodelphis fabiannii, Memorie dell' Instituto Geologico della R. Universita di Padova 5 1, 1-34

Van Deinse A. B. (1931) , De fossilele en recente Cetacea van Nederland, 1-304

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

Muizon C. (1984) Les vertebres fossiles de la Formation Pisco (Perou) II: Les Odontocetes (Cetacea, Mammalia) du Pliocene inferieur de Sud-Sacaco, Institut Francais d'Etudes Andines Editions Recherche sur les Civilizations Memoire 50, 1-188

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

Muizon C. (1990) A new Ziphiidae (Cetacea) from the Early Miocene of Washington State (USA) and phylogenetic analysis of the major groups of odontocetes, Bulletin du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle. 4e Serie. Section C. Sciences de la Terre. Paleontologie, Geologie, Mineralogie 12 3-4, 279-326

Muizon C. (1994) Are the squalodonts related to the platanistoids?, Proceedings of the San Diego Society of Natural History 29, 135-146

Rice D. W. (1998) Marine Mammals of the World: Systematics and Distribution, The Society for Marine Mammalogy Special Publication 4, 1-231

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

Barnes L. G. (2006) A phylogenetic analysis of the superfamily Platanistoidea (Mammalia, Cetacea, Odontoceti), Beitrage zur Palaontologie 30, 25-42

Uhen M. D., Fordyce R. E., et al (2008) Odontoceti, Evolution of Tertiary Mammals of North America II, 566-606

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

Barnes L. G., Reynolds R. E. (2009) A new species of early Miocene allodelphinid dolphin (Cetacea, Odontoceti, Platanistoidea) from Cajon Pass, Southern California, U.S.A., Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin 65, 483-507

Geisler J. H., McGowen M. R., et al (2011) A supermatrix analysis of genomic, morphological, and paleontological data from crown Cetacea, BMC Evolutionary Biology 11 112, 1-33

Aguirre-Fernández G., Fordyce R. E. (2014) Papahu taitapu, gen. et sp. nov., an early Miocene stem odontocete (Cetacea) from New Zealand, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 34 1, 195-210 doi:10.1080/02724634.2013.799069

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

Berta A. (2017) , The Rise of Marine Mammals: 50 Million Years of Evolution, 1-198

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

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

Lambert et al., ‎2014 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

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