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 1850, Gray 1866, Gray 1866, Gray 1868, Gray 1846, 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
Distribution: found only at Whaling Survey (Quaternary of South Africa)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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