Mammalia - Cetacea - Squalodelphinidae
Alternative combination: Delphinodon venustus
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
Belongs to Phocageneus according to Y. Tanaka and R. E. Fordyce 2014
See also Godfrey and Lambert 2023, Gottfried et al. 1994, Hay 1902, Hay 1930, Lambert et al. 2014, Leidy 1869, Trouessart 1898, Trouessart 1904, Uhen et al. 2008 and Whitmore and Kaltenbach 2008
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: ANSP 11227, a tooth. Its type locality is Third and Fourth Streets, which is in a Serravallian coastal sandstone in the Calvert Formation of Virginia.
Ecology: aquatic carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (3: Delaware, Maryland, Virginia collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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