Rododelphis Bianucci et al. 2022 (dolphin)

Mammalia - Cetacea - Delphinidae

Full reference: G. Bianucci, J. H. Geisler, S. Citron and A. Collareta. 2022. The origins of the killer whale ecomorph. Current Biology 32:1-9

Parent taxon: Globicephalinae according to G. Bianucci et al. 2022

Sister taxa: Feresa, Globicephala, Globidelphinidae, Grampidae, Grampus, Orcaella, Peponocephala, Platalearostrum, Protoglobicephala, Pseudorca, Tursiops osennae

Subtaxa: Rododelphis stamatiadisi

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Type: Rododelphis stamatiadisi

Ecology: aquatic piscivore-carnivore

Distribution: found only at Pefka, near (Quaternary of Greece)

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