Delphinodon Leidy 1869 (toothed whale)

Mammalia - Cetacea - Kentriodontidae

Full reference: J. Leidy. 1869. The extinct mammalian fauna of Dakota and Nebraska, including an account of some allied forms from other localities, together with a synopsis of the mammalian remains of North America. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 2:1-472

Parent taxon: Kentriodontinae according to F. G. Marx et al. 2016

See also Abel 1919, Barnes 1978, Barnes 1985, Benton 1993, Berta 2017, Carroll 1988, Case 1904, Dawson 1996, de Muizon 1988, Fordyce and de Muizon 2001, Gill 1872, Gottfried et al. 1994, Guo and Kohno 2023, Hay 1902, Hay 1930, Ichishima et al. 1995, Kazár and Hampe 2014, Kellogg 1922, Kellogg 1928, Lambert et al. 2005, Lydekker 1887, McKenna and Bell 1997, Palmer 1904, Sepkoski 2002, Simpson 1945, Trouessart 1898, Trouessart 1904, Uhen et al. 2008, Whitmore and Kaltenbach 2008, Winge 1921, Zittel 1894 and Zittel 1925

Sister taxa: Belonodelphis, Incacetus

Subtaxa: Delphinodon carniolicus

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Ecology: aquatic carnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of Belgium (1 collection), the Czech Republic (1), Mexico (1), Slovenia (1), United States (3: Virginia)

Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence

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