Mammalia - Cetacea - Delphinidae
Full reference: G. Bianucci, S. C. Vaiani, and S. Casati. 2009. A new delphinid record (Odontoceti, Cetacea) from the Early Pliocene of Tuscany (Central Italy): systematics and biostratigraphic considerations. Neus Jahrbuch fur Geologie und Palaontologie Abhandlungen 254(3):275-292
Parent taxon: Delphininae according to F. G. Marx et al. 2016
See also Berta 2017, Bianucci et al. 2009, Cioppi 2014 and Murakami et al. 2014
Sister taxa: Astadelphis, Delphinina, Delphinus, Lagenodelphis, Septidelphis, Sousa, Stenella, Tursiops
Subtaxa: Etruridelphis giulii
Ecology: aquatic piscivore-carnivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Italy (1 collection)
• Pliocene of Italy (6)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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