Ziphiodelphis Dal Piaz 1908 (toothed whale)

Mammalia - Cetacea - Eurhinodelphinidae

Full reference: G. Dal Piaz. 1908. Sui vertebratei delle arenarie mioceniche di Belluno [On the vertebrates from the Miocene sandstone of Belluno]. Atti Della Accademia Scientifica Vento-Trentino-istriana 5:106-120

Parent taxon: Eurhinodelphinidae according to S. J. Godfrey et al. 2017

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, Kellogg 1928, Lambert 2005, McKenna and Bell 1997, Muizon 1988, Muizon 1990, Myrick 1979, Pilleri 1985, Sepkoski 2002 and Simpson 1945

Sister taxa: Ceterhinops, Eurhinodelphis, Eurhinodelphis salentinus, Iniopsis, Mycteriacetus, Phocaenopsis, Schizodelphis, Vanbreenia, Xiphiacetus

Subtaxa: Ziphiodelphis abeli Ziphiodelphis sigmoideus

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Ecology: aquatic carnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of Germany (1 collection), Italy (4)

Total: 5 collections including 7 occurrences

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