Eudelphinus compressus Portis 1925 (common dolphin)

Mammalia - Cetacea - Delphinidae

Full reference: A. Portis. 1925. Resti di cetacei (Odontoceti, Delphinoceti) dal Pliocene argilloso delle Vicinanze di Roma. Bollettino del R. Ufficio Geologico d'Italia 50(3):1-19

Belongs to Eudelphinus according to A. Portis 1925

Sister taxa: Delphinus baltringii, Delphinus bertini, Delphinus bonnaterrei, Delphinus boryi, Delphinus brevidens, Delphinus chilensis, Delphinus coronatus, Delphinus delannoy, Delphinus delphis, Delphinus dewaeli, Delphinus epiodon, Delphinus fabricii, Delphinus feres, Delphinus harlani, Delphinus leucocephalus, Delphinus maculatus, Delphinus minimus, Delphinus nesarnac, Delphinus niger, Delphinus obtusus, Delphinus pernettyi, Delphinus rappii, Delphinus rhinoceros, Delphinus rikuzenensis, Delphinus risso, Delphinus siculus, Delphinus taramelli, Delphinus tursio, Delphinus wasii

Type specimen: Its type locality is Barbaresco, which is in a Miocene marine horizon in Italy

Ecology: aquatic piscivore-carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Eudelphinus compressus in the database

Show more details


Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.


Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.