Eoplatanista Dal Piaz 1916 (toothed whale)

Mammalia - Cetacea - Eoplatanistidae

Synonym: Zignodelphis Pilleri 1989

Full reference: G. Dal Piaz. 1916. Gli Odontoceti del Miocene Bellunese: Eoplatanista itallica. Memoirie dell'Instituto geologico della R. Università di Padova 5(2):1-23

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

See also Benton 1993, Berta 2017, Bianucci and Landini 2002, Carroll 1988, Dal Piaz 1929, Fordyce and de Muizon 2001, Fornasiero and Del Vavero 2014, Heissig 1993, Kellogg 1928, McKenna and Bell 1997, Muizon 1994, Muscio and Vecchia 2014, Ormezzano and Lanzetti 2014, Pilleri 1985, Pilleri 1988, Pilleri 1989, Sepkoski 2002 and Simpson 1945

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Eoplatanista gresalensis Eoplatanista italica Eoplatanista miocaenus Eoplatanista taurinensis

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Type: Eoplatanista italica

Ecology: aquatic carnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of Austria (1 collection), Italy (3)

Total: 4 collections including 8 occurrences

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