Mammalia - Cetacea - Delphinidae
Full reference: K. Hatai, S. Hayasaka, and K. Masuda. 1963. Some fossil tympanics from the Mizuho period of northern Japan. Saito Ho-on Kai Museum Research Bulletin 32:5-14
Belongs to Delphinus according to K Hatai et al. 1963
See also Oishi and Hasegawa 1995
Sister taxa: Delphinus bairdii, Delphinus baltringii, Delphinus bertini, Delphinus bonnaterrei, Delphinus boryi, Delphinus chilensis, Delphinus coronatus, Delphinus delannoy, Delphinus delphis, Delphinus dewaeli, Delphinus epiodon, Delphinus fabricii, Delphinus feres, Delphinus harlani, Delphinus leucocephalus, Delphinus maculatus, Delphinus malayanus, Delphinus minimus, Delphinus nesarnac, Delphinus niger, Delphinus obtusus, Delphinus pernettyi, Delphinus rappii, Delphinus rhinoceros, Delphinus risso, Delphinus sao, Delphinus siculus, Delphinus taramelli, Delphinus tursio, Delphinus wasii, Eudelphinus compressus
Type specimen: IGPS 85538, an other (periotic). Its type locality is Sendai, which is in a Pliocene shallow subtidal horizon in the Tatsunokuchi Formation of Japan.
Ecology: aquatic piscivore-carnivore
Distribution: found only at Sendai
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