Arimidelphis sorbinii Bianucci 2005 (dolphin)

Mammalia - Cetacea - Delphinidae

Full reference: G. Bianucci. 2005. Arimidelphis sorbinii a new small killer whale-like dolphin from the Pliocene of Marecchia River (Central eastern Italy) and a phylogenetic analysis of the Orcininae (Cetacea: Odontoceti). Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia 111(2):329-344

Belongs to Arimidelphis according to M. Murakami et al. 2014

See also Bianucci 2005

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: S.A.E. 39756, a partial skeleton (partial skull and partial skeleton). Its type locality is Poggio Berni, which is in a Piacenzian/Gelasian marine marl in Italy.

Ecology: aquatic piscivore-carnivore

Distribution: found only at Poggio Berni

Show more details


Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.


Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.