Eoplatanista italica Dal Piaz 1916 (toothed whale)

Mammalia - Cetacea - Eoplatanistidae

Synonyms: Schizodelphis brachycephalus Pilleri 1985, Zignodelphis brachycephalus Pilleri 1985

Full reference: G. Dal Piaz. 1916. Gli Odontoceti del Miocene Bellunese: Eoplatanista itallica. Memoirie dell'Instituto geologico della R. Università di Padova 5(2):1-23

Belongs to Eoplatanista according to M. Fornasiero and L. Del Vavero 2014

See also Bianucci and Landini 2002, Dal Piaz 1916, Dal Piaz 1929, Dal Piaz 1971, Muizon 1988, Pilleri 1985 and Pilleri 1989

Sister taxa: Eoplatanista gresalensis, Eoplatanista miocaenus, Eoplatanista taurinensis

Type specimens:

  • Eoplatanista italica: IGUP 26 153, a partial skull. Its type locality is Libano, which is in an Aquitanian marine sandstone in the Libano Sandstone Formation of Italy.
  • Schizodelphis brachycephalus: IGUP 26 414, a skull. Its type locality is Libano, which is in an Aquitanian marine sandstone in the Libano Sandstone Formation of Italy.

Ecology: aquatic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Libano

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