Mammalia - Cetacea - Eurhinodelphinidae
Full reference: J. Leidy. 1877. Description of vertebrate remains, chiefly from the phosphate beds of South Carolina. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 8:209-260
Parent taxon: Eurhinodelphinidae according to A. Berta 2017
See also Carroll 1988, Dooley 2003, Hay 1902, Hay 1930, Kellogg 1928, Leidy 1877, McKenna and Bell 1997, Sepkoski 2002, Simpson 1945, Trouessart 1904, True 1907 and Uhen et al. 2008
Sister taxa: Eurhinodelphis, Eurhinodelphis salentinus, Iniopsis, Mycteriacetus, Phocaenopsis, Schizodelphis, Vanbreenia, Xiphiacetus, Ziphiodelphis
Subtaxa: Ceterhinops longifrons
Type: Ceterhinops longifrons
Ecology: aquatic carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (2: South Carolina collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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