Pseudorca crassidens Owen 1846 (false killer whale)

Mammalia - Cetacea - Delphinidae

Alternative combinations: Delphinus (Phocaena) crassidens, Orca crassidens, Phocaena crassidens

Synonyms: Globicephalus grayi Burmeister 1869, Orca (Pseudorca) meridionalis Flower 1864, Orca destructor Cope 1866, Orca meridionalis Flower 1864, Pseudorca grayi Burmeister 1869, Pseudorca mediterranea Giglioli 1882, Pseudorca meridionalis Flower 1864

Full reference: R. Owen. 1846. A History of British Fossil Mammals and Birds 1-560

Belongs to Pseudorca according to T. A. Jefferson 2021

See also Agnarsson and May-Collado 2008, Ameghino 1889, Barnes 1977, Cope 1866, Geisler et al. 2011, Gray 1846, Gray 1850, Gray 1864, Gray 1866, Gray 1868, Hershkovitz 1966, Mead and Brownell 2005, Newton 1891, Oliver 1922, Perrin et al. 2013, Pictet 1853, Rice 1998, Roger 1887, Scheffer and Rice 1963, Sherman 1952, Stacey et al. 1994, Trouessart 1904, Turner 1912, Uhen et al. 2008 and Vidal 1991

Sister taxa: Pseudorca yokoyamai, Pseudorca yuanliensis

Type specimens:

  • Pseudorca crassidens: Its type locality is Stamford, which is in a Pleistocene marine horizon in the United Kingdom
  • Globicephalus grayi:
  • Orca (Pseudorca) meridionalis:
  • Orca destructor:
  • Orca meridionalis:
  • Pseudorca mediterranea:

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Brazil (1 collection), India (1), Italy (2), Japan (2), Mexico (1), Namibia (1), New Zealand (1), Peru (1), Portugal (1), Tanzania (1), the United Kingdom (2), United States (3: Florida, Oregon, South Carolina)

Total: 17 collections each including a single occurrence

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