Mammalia - Cetacea - Delphinidae
Full reference: A. de Zigno. 1872. Sui mammiferi fossili del Vento. Rivista Periodica del Lavori Della R. Academia di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti in Padova 21:101-112
Belongs to Delphinus according to P. Lioy 1896
See also de Zigno 1872
Sister taxa: Delphinus bairdii, Delphinus baltringii, Delphinus bertini, Delphinus bonnaterrei, Delphinus boryi, Delphinus chilensis, Delphinus coronatus, Delphinus delannoy, Delphinus delphis, Delphinus dewaeli, Delphinus epiodon, Delphinus fabricii, Delphinus feres, Delphinus harlani, Delphinus leucocephalus, Delphinus maculatus, Delphinus malayanus, Delphinus minimus, Delphinus nesarnac, Delphinus niger, Delphinus obtusus, Delphinus pernettyi, Delphinus rappii, Delphinus rhinoceros, Delphinus rikuzenensis, Delphinus risso, Delphinus sao, Delphinus siculus, Delphinus tursio, Delphinus wasii, Eudelphinus compressus
Type specimen: Its type locality is Molina a Vento, which is in a Miocene carbonate limestone in Italy
Ecology: aquatic piscivore-carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Italy (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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