Mammalia - Cetacea - Delphinidae
Alternative combinations: Delphinapterus (Hemisyntrachelus) brochii, Delphinapterus brochii, Delphinus brocchi, Delphinus brocchii, Delphinus brochii, Hemisyntrachelus brochii, Tursiops brocchii, Tursiops cortesii brocchii
Synonym: Delphinapterus brocchii Brandt 1873
Full reference: G. Balsamo Crivelli. 1842. Grandi Mammiferi Fossili. Giornale dell' I. R. Instituto Lombardo di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti e Biblioteca Italiano 3:1-23
Belongs to Tursiops according to K. Post and M. Bosselaer 2005
See also Balsamo Crivelli 1842, Barnes 1990, Bianucci 1996, Brandt 1873, Gervais 1872, Gervais 1876, Lawley 1876, Lydekker 1887, Pictet 1853, Pilleri 1985, Pilleri and Pilleri 1982, Sacco 1893, Trouessart 1898 and Trouessart 1904
Sister taxa: Delphinus caerulescens, Delphinus perniger, Tursiops aduncus, Tursiops astensis, Tursiops erebennus, Tursiops subridens, Tursiops truncatus
Type specimens:
- Tursiops brochii: Its type locality is Castel Arquato, Monte Zago, which is in a Zanclean shallow subtidal horizon in Italy
- Delphinapterus brocchii:
Ecology: aquatic piscivore-carnivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Italy (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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