Mammalia - Cetacea - Eurhinodelphinidae
Alternative combinations: Delphinorhynchus planus, Delphinus planus
Full reference: P. Gervais. 1859. Zoologie et Paléontologie Françaises. Nouvelles Recherches sur les Animaux Vertébrés dont on Trouve les Ossements Enfouis dans le Sol de la France et sur leur Comparaison aves les Espèces Propres aux Autres Régions du Globe (Deuxième Edition) [French Zoology and Paleontology. New Research on Vertebrate Animals Whose Bones Are Found Buried in the Soil of France and their Comparison with Species Specific to Other Regions of the Globe (Second Edition)] 544
Belongs to Schizodelphis according to L. Joleaud 1906
See also Abel 1900, Abel 1901, Dal Piaz 1901, Depéret 1887, Depéret 1893, Gervais 1859, Paquier 1894, Trouessart 1898, Trouessart 1904 and Van Beneden and Gervais 1880
Sister taxa: Aulacodelphis, Schizodelphis barnesi, Schizodelphis bogatshowi, Schizodelphis compressus, Schizodelphis morckhoviensis, Schizodelphis squalodontoides, Schizodelphis sulcatus
Type specimen: Its type locality is Chamaret, which is in a Burdigalian marine horizon in France
Ecology: aquatic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Chamaret
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