Mammalia - Cetacea - Delphinidae
Alternative combinations: Delphinapterus borealis, Delphinus borealis, Leucorhamphus borealis, Tursio borealis
Synonyms: Electra thicolea Gray 1846, Lagenorhynchus thicolea Gray 1846
Belongs to Lissodelphis according to T. A. Jefferson 2021
See also Agnarsson and May-Collado 2008, Barnes 1977, Gray 1849, Gray 1850, Gray 1866, Gray 1866, Gray 1868, Hershkovitz 1966, Jefferson and Newcomer 1993, Mead and Brownell 2005, Perrin 2010, Perrin et al. 2013, Rice 1998, Scammon and Cope 1869, Scheffer and Rice 1963, Trouessart 1904 and Vidal 1991
Sister taxa: Lissodelphis fockii, Lissodelphis nordmanni, Lissodelphis peronii
Type specimens:
- Lissodelphis borealis: none designated. Its type locality is Astoria, west, which is in a Holocene marine horizon in Oregon.
- Lagenorhynchus thicolea: BMNH 934a-49.5.25.4, a skull.
Ecology: aquatic piscivore-carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Japan (1 collection), United States (2: Oregon)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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