Mammalia - Cetacea - Delphinidae
Synonyms: Delphinapterus (Pachypleurus) Brandt 1873, Leucorhamphus Lilljeborg 1861, Pachypleurus Brandt 1873, Pristinocetus Trouessart 1898, Tursio Wagler 1830
Parent taxon: Lissodelphininae according to F. G. Marx et al. 2016
See also Agnarsson and May-Collado 2008, Barnes 1977, Barnes 1990, Brandt 1873, Buchholtz and Schur 2004, de Muizon 1988, Ellerman and Morrisson-Scott 1951, Fordyce and de Muizon 2001, Fraser and Purves 1960, Gennevaux and Roman 1922, Gill 1871, Gill 1872, Gray 1866, Gray 1868, Gray 1870, Hershkovitz 1966, Jefferson and Newcomer 1993, Kasuya 1973, Kudrin and Tatarinov 1966, LeDuc et al. 1999, McKenna and Bell 1997, Mead and Brownell 2005, Murakami et al. 2014, Newcomer et al. 1996, Palmer 1904, Perrin et al. 2013, Rice 1998, Scheffer and Rice 1963, Scott 1873, Simpson 1945, Sinzow 1898, Trouessart 1898, Trouessart 1904, Weber 1928 and Winge 1921
Sister taxa: Cephalorhynchus, Sagmatias
Subtaxa: Lissodelphis borealis Lissodelphis fockii Lissodelphis nordmanni Lissodelphis peronii
Ecology: aquatic piscivore-carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Argentina (1 collection), Australia (3), Chile (1), Japan (1), South Africa (2), United States (3: California, Oregon)
• Pliocene of the Netherlands (1)
• Neogene of Germany (1)
• Miocene of Moldova (2), Romania (1), the Russian Federation (1), Turkey (1)
Total: 18 collections including 20 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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