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 bairdii, Delphinus baltringii, Delphinus bertini, Delphinus bonnaterrei, Delphinus boryi, Delphinus chilensis, Delphinus coronatus, Delphinus delannoy, Delphinus delphis, Delphinus dewaeli, Delphinus epiodon, Delphinus fabricii, Delphinus feres, Delphinus harlani, Delphinus leucocephalus, Delphinus maculatus, Delphinus malayanus, Delphinus minimus, Delphinus nesarnac, Delphinus niger, Delphinus obtusus, Delphinus pernettyi, Delphinus rappii, Delphinus rhinoceros, Delphinus rikuzenensis, Delphinus risso, Delphinus sao, 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
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