Mammalia - Cetacea - Delphinidae
Alternative combinations: Phocoena australis, Sagmatias australis
Synonyms: Lissodelphis chiloensis Philippi 1900, Sagmatias amblodon Cope 1866, Tursio chiloensis Philippi 1900
Belongs to Lagenorhynchus according to T. A. Jefferson 2021
See also Agnarsson and May-Collado 2008, Cope 1866, Hershkovitz 1966, LeDuc et al. 1999, Mead and Brownell 2005, Perrin et al. 2013, Rice 1998, Scheffer and Rice 1963, Trouessart 1904 and Vollmer et al. 2019
Sister taxa: Delphinus superciliosus, Lagenorhynchus acutus, Lagenorhynchus albirostris, Lagenorhynchus cruciger, Lagenorhynchus harmatuki, Lagenorhynchus nilssonii, Lagenorhynchus obscurus
Type specimens:
- Lagenorhynchus australis: none designated
- Sagmatias amblodon:
- Tursio chiloensis:
Ecology: aquatic piscivore-carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Antarctica (1 collection), Argentina (1), Chile (1)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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