Mammalia - Cetacea - Delphinidae
Alternative combinations: Delphinus (Grampus) acutus, Electra acutua, Leucopleurus acutus
Synonyms: Delphinus eschrichtii Schlegel 1841, Delphinus leucopleurus Rasch 1843, Lagenorhynchus gubernator Cope 1876, Lagenorhynchus leucopleurus Rasch 1843, Lagenorhynchus perspicillatus Cope 1876, Leucopleurus arcticus Gray 1868
Belongs to Lagenorhynchus according to T. A. Jefferson 2021
See also Fraser and Purves 1960, Geisler et al. 2011, Gray 1850, Gray 1864, Gray 1866, Gray 1866, Gray 1868, Gray 1871, Gray 1846, Hershkovitz 1966, LeDuc et al. 1999, Mead and Brownell 2005, Nilsson 1847, Perrin et al. 2013, Rice 1998, Scheffer and Rice 1963, Scott 1873, Trouessart 1904, Turner 1912 and Vollmer et al. 2019
Sister taxa: Delphinus superciliosus, Lagenorhynchus albirostris, Lagenorhynchus australis, Lagenorhynchus cruciger, Lagenorhynchus harmatuki, Lagenorhynchus nilssonii, Lagenorhynchus obscurus
Type specimens:
- Lagenorhynchus acutus: Leiden Zoological Musuem?, a skull
- Delphinus eschrichtii:
- Delphinus leucopleurus:
- Lagenorhynchus gubernator:
- Lagenorhynchus perspicillatus:
- Leucopleurus arcticus:
Distribution:
• Quaternary of the Netherlands (1 collection), the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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