Cephalorhynchus eutropia Gray 1846

Mammalia - Cetacea - Delphinidae

Alternative combinations: Delphinus eutropia, Tursio eutropia

Synonyms: Cephalorhynchus albiventris Perez Canto 1893, Cephalorhynchus platyrhinus Philippi 1895, Delphinus lunatus Lesson 1826, Eutropia dickiei Gray 1866, Phocaena albiventris Perez Canto 1893, Tursio platyrrhinus Philippi 1895

Full reference: J. E. Gray. 1846. On the cetaceous animals. The zoology of the voyage of H. M. S. Erebus and Terror, under the command of Capt. Sir J. C. Ross, R. N., F. R. S., during the years 1839 to 1843 1 & 2:1-53

Belongs to Cephalorhynchus according to I. Agnarsson and L. J. May-Collado 2008

See also Fischer 1829, Gray 1849, Gray 1850, Gray 1866, Gray 1866, Gray 1868, Hershkovitz 1966, Jefferson 2021, Mead and Brownell 2005, Perrin et al. 2013, Rice 1998, Scheffer and Rice 1963 and Trouessart 1904

Sister taxa: Cephalorhynchus commersoni, Cephalorhynchus heavisidii, Cephalorhynchus hectori, Phocoena obtusata

Type specimens:

  • Cephalorhynchus eutropia: BM(NH) 936a-49.5.25.2, a skull. Its type locality is Straits of Magellan, which is in a Holocene coastal horizon in Argentina.
  • Delphinus lunatus:
  • Eutropia dickiei:
  • Phocaena albiventris:
  • Tursio platyrrhinus:

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Argentina (1 collection), Chile (1)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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