Mammalia - Cetacea - Delphinidae
Alternative combinations: Archaeocetus nordmanni, Delphinapterus (Pachypleurus) nordmanni, Pristinocetus nordmanni
Full reference: J. F. Brandt. 1873. Untersuchungen über die fossilen und subfossilen cetaceen Europa's. Mémoires de L'Académie Impériale des Sciences de Saint-Petersbourg, Series 7 20(1):1-372
Belongs to Lissodelphis according to M. C. McKenna and S. K. Bell 1997
See also Brandt 1873, Macarovici 1944, Palmer 1904, Sinzow 1898, Trouessart 1898 and Trouessart 1904
Sister taxa: Lissodelphis borealis, Lissodelphis fockii, Lissodelphis peronii
Type specimen: Its type locality is Chisinau, which is in a Sarmatian marine horizon in Moldova
Ecology: aquatic piscivore-carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Moldova (1 collection), Turkey (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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