Mammalia - Cetacea - Kentriodontidae
Alternative combinations: Acrodelphis squalodontoides, Eurhinodelphis squalodontoides, Priscodelphinus squalodontoides
Full reference: G. Capellini. 1878. Della pietra leccese e di alcuni suoi fossili. Memoire dell' Accademia delle Scienze dell' Instituto di Bologna 3(4):1-34
Belongs to Rudicetus according to C. Peredo et al. 2018
See also Bianucci 2001, Bianucci and Landini 2002, Capellini 1878, Flores 1895, Pilleri 1986, Trouessart 1898 and Trouessart 1904
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: CGC MTIL 12, a partial skull. Its type locality is Pietra Leccese, which is in a Burdigalian/Messinian transition zone/lower shoreface limestone in the Pietra Leccese Formation of Italy.
Ecology: aquatic carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Italy (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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