Mammalia - Cetacea - Delphinidae
Alternative combinations: Delphinapterus peronii, Delphinus peronii, Lissodelphis peroni, Lissodelphis peroni peroni
Synonyms: Delphinapterus lessonii Philippi 1893, Delphinus bicolor Gray 1846, Delphinus leucorhamphus Peron 1804, Prodelphinus gervaisi Trouessart 1898, Prodelphinus leucorhamphus Peron 1804
Full reference: B. Lacépède. 1804. Histoire Naturelle des Cetacees
Belongs to Lissodelphis according to T. A. Jefferson 2021
See also Agnarsson and May-Collado 2008, Fischer 1829, Gray 1850, Gray 1866, Gray 1868, Gray 1871, Gray 1846, Hershkovitz 1966, Lacépède 1804, Mead and Brownell 2005, Newcomer et al. 1996, Oliver 1922, Perrin et al. 2013, Rice 1998, Scheffer and Rice 1963, Scott 1873, Trouessart 1904 and Van Beneden and Gervais 1880
Sister taxa: Lissodelphis borealis, Lissodelphis fockii, Lissodelphis nordmanni
Type specimens:
- Lissodelphis peronii: Its type locality is Van Diemen's Land, south, which is in a Holocene marine horizon in Australia
- Delphinapterus lessonii:
- Delphinus bicolor:
- Delphinus leucorhamphus:
- Prodelphinus gervaisi:
Ecology: aquatic piscivore-carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Argentina (1 collection), Australia (3), Chile (1), South Africa (2)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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