Orcaella heinsohni Beasley et al. 2005 (dolphin)
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Mammalia - Cetacea - Delphinidae
Full reference: I. Beasley, K. M. Robertson, and P. Arnold. 2005. Description of a new dolphin, the australian snubfin dolphin Orcaella heinsohni sp. n. (Cetacea, Delphinidae). Marine Mammal Science 21(3):365-400
Belongs to Orcaella according to I. Beasley et al. 2005
See also Jefferson 2021
Sister taxon: Orcaella brevirostris
Type specimen: QM JM4721, a skeleton. Its type locality is Horseshoe Bay, which is in a Holocene coastal horizon in Australia.
Ecology: aquatic piscivore-carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Australia (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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