Mammalia - Cetacea - Delphinidae
Alternative combinations: Orca citoniensis, Orcinus citoniensies
Full reference: G. Capellini. 1883. Di Un'Orca fossile scoperta a cetona in Toscana. Memorie dell'Accademia delle Scienze dell'Instituto di Bologna 4:1-25
Belongs to Orcinus according to M. Murakami et al. 2014
See also Bianucci 1996, Capellini 1883, Citron et al. 2022, Hampe 2006, Heyning and Dahleim 1988, Kellogg 1928, Lydekker 1887, Newton 1891, Pilleri 1987, Pilleri 1988, Pilleri and Pilleri 1982, Trouessart 1898 and Trouessart 1904
Sister taxa: Orcinus meyeri, Orcinus orca, Orcinus paleorca
Type specimen: MGGCB-1COC17, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Podere Poltriciano, which is in a Pliocene marine sandstone in Italy.
Ecology: aquatic piscivore-carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of the United Kingdom (1 collection)
• Pliocene of Italy (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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