Mammalia - Cetacea - Platanistidae
Alternative combinations: Cyrtodelphis crassangulum, Priscodelphinus crassangulum, Schizodelphis crassangulum
Full reference: E. C. Case. 1904. Systematic Paleontology: Mammalia. Maryland Geological Survey Miocene: Text 1-58
Belongs to Zarhachis according to C. Muizon 1988
See also Case 1904, Hay 1930, Kellogg 1925 and True 1908
Sister taxa: Zarhachis flagellator, Zarhachis tysonii, Zarhachis velox
Type specimen: USNM 8517, a skull. Its type locality is City Point, which is in a Pliocene shallow subtidal horizon in the Yorktown Formation of Virginia.
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (6: Maryland, Virginia collections)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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