Mammalia - Cetacea - Delphinidae
Alternative combinations: Delphinus cruciger, Electra crucigera, Sagmatias cruciger
Synonyms: Delphinus albigena Quoy and Gaimard 1824, Delphinus bivittatus Lesson and Garnot 1826, Delphinus obscurus Gray 1850, Electra clancula Gray 1846, Electra clanculus Gray 1846, Lagenorhynchus clanculus Gray 1846, Lagenorhynchus wilsoni Lillie 1915, Phocaena dorbignyi Philippi 1893, Phocaena homei Smith 1828, Phocaena homeii Smith 1828
Belongs to Lagenorhynchus according to T. A. Jefferson 2021
See also Agnarsson and May-Collado 2008, Fischer 1829, Gray 1849, Gray 1850, Gray 1866, Gray 1866, Gray 1868, Gray 1871, Gray 1873, Hershkovitz 1966, LeDuc et al. 1999, Mead and Brownell 2005, Perrin et al. 2013, Rice 1998, Scheffer and Rice 1963, Scott 1873, Trouessart 1904 and Vollmer et al. 2019
Sister taxa: Delphinus superciliosus, Lagenorhynchus acutus, Lagenorhynchus albirostris, Lagenorhynchus australis, Lagenorhynchus harmatuki, Lagenorhynchus nilssonii, Lagenorhynchus obscurus
Type specimens:
- Lagenorhynchus cruciger: none designated
- Delphinus albigena:
- Delphinus bivittatus:
- Delphinus obscurus:
- Lagenorhynchus clanculus:
- Lagenorhynchus wilsoni:
- Phocaena dorbignyi:
- Phocaena homeii:
Distribution:
• Quaternary of New Zealand (1 collection), South Africa (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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