Mammalia - Cetacea - Delphinidae
Alternative combination: Delphinus griseus
Synonyms: Delphinus aires Cuvier 1812, Delphinus rissoanus Demarest 1822, Globicephalus rissii Risso 1826, Grampidelphis exilis Iredale and Troughton 1933, Grampidelphis kuzira Iredale and Troughton 1933, Grampus cuvieri Gray 1846, Grampus griseus richardsoni Gray 1850, Grampus griseus sakamata Gray 1846, Grampus griseus sowerbianus Fischer 1881, Grampus griseus stearnsi Dall 1873, Grampus richardsoni Gray 1850, Grampus richardsonii Gray 1850, Grampus rissoanus Demarest 1822, Grampus sakamata Gray 1846, Grampus sowerbianus Fischer 1881, Grampus stearnsii Dall 1873
Belongs to Grampus according to T. A. Jefferson 2021
See also Agnarsson and May-Collado 2008, Barnes 1977, Dal Piaz 1929, Dubreuil and Gervais 1849, Fischer 1829, Geisler et al. 2011, Gervais 1852, Gray 1846, Gray 1850, Gray 1864, Gray 1866, Gray 1868, Gray 1846, Hershkovitz 1961, Hershkovitz 1966, Mead and Brownell 2005, Oliver 1922, Perrin et al. 2013, Rice 1998, Scheffer and Rice 1963, Scott 1873, Trouessart 1904, Turner 1912 and Vidal 1991
Sister taxa: none
Type specimens:
- Grampus griseus: MNHN, a skull (stuffed skin and skull). Its type locality is Brest, which is in a Holocene coastal horizon in France.
- Delphinus aires:
- Delphinus rissoanus: Its type locality is Castries, which is in a Miocene marine horizon in France.
- Globicephalus rissii:
- Grampidelphis exilis:
- Grampidelphis kuzira:
- Grampus cuvieri:
- Grampus richardsoni:
- Grampus richardsonii:
- Grampus sakamata:
- Grampus sowerbianus:
- Grampus stearnsii:
Ecology: aquatic piscivore-carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Argentina (1 collection), Australia (2), Chile (1), France (1), Italy (2), Japan (2), Mexico (1), Portugal (1), South Africa (2), United States (2: New Jersey, Oregon)
• Pliocene of Japan (1)
• Neogene of Madagascar (1)
Total: 17 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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