Rododelphis stamatiadisi 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

Belongs to Rododelphis according to G. Bianucci et al. 2022

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: MMPS 544, a partial skeleton ( incomplete cranium lacking the anterior portion of the rostrum and the basicranium but including right and left ear bones (i.e., periotic, tympanic bulla, mall). Its type locality is Pefka, near, which is in a Calabrian marine horizon in the Lindos Formation of Greece.

Ecology: aquatic piscivore-carnivore

Distribution: found only at Pefka, near

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