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 S. J. Godfrey and O. Lambert 2023
See also Barnes 1985, Dawson 1996, 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.
Distribution:
• Miocene of Japan (1 collection), United States (6: California, Maryland, North Carolina, Virginia)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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