Lagenorhynchus albirostris Gray 1846 (white-beaked dolphin)

Mammalia - Cetacea - Delphinidae

Alternative combination: Delphinus albirostris

Invalid subtaxa: Delphinus ibseni Eschricht 1846, Delphinus ibsenii Eschricht 1846, Delphinus pseudotursio Reichenbach 1846, Delphinus tursio Brightwell 1846 [replaced name]

Full reference: J. E. Gray. 1846. On the cetaceous animals. The zoology of the voyage of H. M. S. Erebus and Terror, under the command of Capt. Sir J. C. Ross, R. N., F. R. S., during the years 1839 to 1843 1 & 2:1-53

Belongs to Lagenorhynchus according to N. L. Vollmer et al. 2019

See also Fraser and Purves 1960, Gray 1846, Gray 1850, Gray 1864, Gray 1866, Gray 1868, Hershkovitz 1966, Jefferson 2021, Mead and Brownell 2005, Nilsson 1847, Perrin et al. 2013, Rice 1998, Scheffer and Rice 1963, Trouessart 1904, Turner 1912 and Uhen et al. 2008

Sister taxa: Delphinus superciliosus, Lagenorhynchus acutus, Lagenorhynchus clanculus, Lagenorhynchus harmatuki, Lagenorhynchus nilssonii

Type specimens:

  • Lagenorhynchus albirostris: BMNH 916a-48.7.12.12, a skeleton
  • Delphinus ibsenii:
  • Delphinus pseudotursio:
  • Delphinus tursio: BMNH 916a-48.7.12.12, a skeleton.

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Denmark (2 collections), Greenland (1), Iceland (1), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (1), the United Kingdom (1)

Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence

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