†Schizodelphis compressus Portis 1925 (toothed whale)
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Mammalia - Cetacea - Eurhinodelphinidae
Full reference: A. Portis. 1925. Resti di cetacei (Odontoceti, Delphinoceti) dal Pliocene argilloso delle Vicinanze di Roma. Bollettino del R. Ufficio Geologico d'Italia 50(3):1-19
Belongs to Schizodelphis according to G. Pilleri 1987
See also Portis 1886, Portis 1925, Trouessart 1898 and Trouessart 1904
Sister taxa: Aulacodelphis, Schizodelphis barnesi, Schizodelphis bogatshowi, Schizodelphis morckhoviensis, Schizodelphis planus, Schizodelphis squalodontoides, Schizodelphis sulcatus
Type specimen: Its type locality is Barbaresco, which is in a Miocene marine horizon in Italy
Ecology: aquatic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Barbaresco
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