Alternative combination: Delphinodon dividum
Full reference: F. W. True. 1912. Description of a new fossil porpoise of the genus Delphinodon from the Miocene formation of Maryland. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 2:165-194
Belongs to Brevirostrodelphis according to P. Van Rompaey et al. 2026
See also Barnes 1985, Dawson 1996, Godfrey and Lambert 2023, Hay 1930, True 1912 and Whitmore and Kaltenbach 2008
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: USNM 7278, a skull. Its type locality is Chesapeake Beach, south of, Zones 3-6, which is in a Burdigalian offshore siltstone in the Calvert Formation of Maryland.
Ecology: aquatic carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Belgium (1 collection), Japan (1), United States (6: California, Maryland, North Carolina, Virginia)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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