Delphinus baltringii Van Beneden 1876 (common dolphin)

Mammalia - Cetacea - Delphinidae

Full reference: P. J. Van Beneden. 1876. Les thalassotheriens de Baltringen (Wurtemberg). Bulletins de L'Academi Royal des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux-arts de Belgique XLI:471-495

Belongs to Delphinus according to P. J. Van Beneden 1886

See also Van Beneden 1876

Sister taxa: Delphinus bertini, Delphinus bonnaterrei, Delphinus boryi, Delphinus brevidens, Delphinus chilensis, Delphinus coronatus, Delphinus delannoy, Delphinus delphis, Delphinus dewaeli, Delphinus epiodon, Delphinus fabricii, Delphinus feres, Delphinus harlani, Delphinus leucocephalus, Delphinus maculatus, Delphinus minimus, Delphinus nesarnac, Delphinus niger, Delphinus obtusus, Delphinus pernettyi, Delphinus rappii, Delphinus rhinoceros, Delphinus rikuzenensis, Delphinus risso, Delphinus siculus, Delphinus taramelli, Delphinus tursio, Delphinus wasii, Eudelphinus compressus

Type specimen: Its type locality is Baltringen, which is in a Burdigalian marine horizon in Germany

Ecology: aquatic piscivore-carnivore

Distribution: found only at Baltringen

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