Cephalorhynchus heavisidii Gray 1828 (dolphin)

Mammalia - Cetacea - Delphinidae

Alternative combinations: Cephalorhynchus heavisidei, Delphinus (Grampus) heavisidii, Delphinus heavisidii, Eutropia heavisidii, Tursio heavisidii

Synonyms: Delphinus capensis Dussumier 1829, Delphinus cephalorhynchus Cuvier 1836, Delphinus hastatus Cuvier 1836, Delphinus tridens Castelnau 1873, Orca capensis Van Beneden 1873

Belongs to Cephalorhynchus according to T. A. Jefferson 2021

See also Agnarsson and May-Collado 2008, Fraser and Purves 1960, Gray 1846, Gray 1850, Gray 1866, Gray 1866, Gray 1868, Hershkovitz 1966, Mead and Brownell 2005, Perrin et al. 2013, Rice 1998, Scheffer and Rice 1963 and Trouessart 1904

Sister taxa: Cephalorhynchus commersoni, Cephalorhynchus eutropia, Cephalorhynchus hectori, Phocoena obtusata

Ecology: aquatic piscivore-carnivore

Distribution: found only at Whaling Survey (Quaternary of South Africa)

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