Mammalia - Cetacea - Delphinidae
Full reference: A. Belluzzo and O. Lambert. 2021. A new delphinid from the lower Pliocene of the North Sea and the early radiations of true dolphins. Fossil Record 24:77-92
Belongs to Pliodelphis according to A. Belluzzo and O. Lambert 2021
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: IRSNB M.2330, a partial skull (Partial skull lacking the distal part of the ros- trum, some portions of the facial region, and most of the lateral parts of the basicranium.). Its type locality is Deurganck Dock, Doel, Kattendijk Member, which is in a Zanclean open shallow subtidal sandstone in the Kattendijk Formation of the Netherlands.
Ecology: aquatic piscivore-carnivore
Distribution: found only at Deurganck Dock, Doel, Kattendijk Member
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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