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Grampus griseus (Risso's dolphin)
Taxonomy
Delphinus griseus was named by Cuvier (1812). It is extant. Its type specimen is MNHN, a skull (stuffed skin and skull). Its type locality is Brest, which is in a Holocene coastal horizon in France. It is the type species of Delphinus (Grampus).
It was synonymized subjectively with Grampus cuvieri by Gray (1846); it was recombined as Grampus griseus by Gray (1828), Scott (1873), Trouessart (1904), Turner (1912), Oliver (1922), Dal Piaz (1929), Hershkovitz (1961), Scheffer and Rice (1963), Hershkovitz (1966), Barnes (1977), Vidal (1991), Rice (1998), Mead and Brownell (2005), Agnarsson and May-Collado (2008), Geisler et al. (2011), Perrin et al. (2013), Jefferson (2021).
It was synonymized subjectively with Grampus cuvieri by Gray (1846); it was recombined as Grampus griseus by Gray (1828), Scott (1873), Trouessart (1904), Turner (1912), Oliver (1922), Dal Piaz (1929), Hershkovitz (1961), Scheffer and Rice (1963), Hershkovitz (1966), Barnes (1977), Vidal (1991), Rice (1998), Mead and Brownell (2005), Agnarsson and May-Collado (2008), Geisler et al. (2011), Perrin et al. (2013), Jefferson (2021).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1812 | Delphinus aires Cuvier |
| 1812 | Delphinus griseus Cuvier |
| 1822 | Delphinus rissoanus Demarest |
| 1828 | Grampus griseus Gray |
| 1829 | Delphinus griseus Fischer p. 512 |
| 1829 | Delphinus rissoanus Fischer p. 512 |
| 1846 | Grampus rissoanus Gray p. 31 |
| 1846 | Grampus sakamata Gray p. 31 |
| 1846 | Grampus cuvieri Gray p. 36 |
| 1849 | Delphinus rissoanus Dubreuil and Gervais p. 135 |
| 1850 | Grampus richardsoni Gray |
| 1850 | Grampus cuvieri Gray p. 83 |
| 1850 | Grampus rissoanus Gray p. 84 |
| 1850 | Grampus richardsoni Gray p. 85 |
| 1850 | Grampus richardsonii Gray p. 85 |
| 1850 | Grampus sakamata Gray p. 85 |
| 1852 | Delphinus griseus Gervais p. 149 |
| 1852 | Delphinus rissoanus Gervais p. 149 |
| 1864 | Grampus cuvieri Gray p. 245 |
| 1866 | Grampus cuvieri Gray p. 295 |
| 1866 | Grampus rissoanus Gray p. 298 |
| 1866 | Grampus richardsonii Gray p. 299 |
| 1866 | Grampus sakamata Gray p. 301 |
| 1868 | Grampus cuvieri Gray p. 9 |
| 1868 | Grampus richardsonii Gray p. 9 |
| 1871 | Grampus cuvieri Gray p. 82 |
| 1871 | Grampus rissoanus Gray p. 82 |
| 1871 | Grampus richardsonii Gray p. 83 |
| 1873 | Grampus stearnsii Dall |
| 1873 | Grampus griseus Scott p. 104 |
| 1873 | Grampus rissoanus Scott p. 104 |
| 1873 | Grampus richardsonii Scott p. 105 |
| 1881 | Grampus sowerbianus Fischer p. 210 |
| 1904 | Grampus griseus Trouessart p. 769 |
| 1904 | Grampus griseus sowerbianus Trouessart p. 769 |
| 1904 | Grampus griseus richardsoni Trouessart p. 770 |
| 1904 | Grampus griseus sakamata Trouessart p. 770 |
| 1904 | Grampus griseus stearnsi Trouessart p. 770 |
| 1912 | Grampus griseus Turner p. 121 |
| 1922 | Grampus griseus Oliver p. 579 |
| 1929 | Grampus griseus Dal Piaz p. 85 |
| 1933 | Grampidelphis exilis Iredale and Troughton |
| 1933 | Grampidelphis kuzira Iredale and Troughton |
| 1961 | Grampus griseus Hershkovitz p. 547 |
| 1963 | Grampus griseus Scheffer and Rice p. 7 |
| 1966 | Grampus griseus Hershkovitz p. 87 |
| 1977 | Grampus griseus Barnes p. 323 figs. Table 1 |
| 1991 | Grampus griseus Vidal p. 5 |
| 1998 | Grampus griseus Rice p. 116 |
| 2005 | Grampus griseus Mead and Brownell p. 729 |
| 2008 | Grampus griseus Agnarsson and May-Collado p. 981 figs. Fig. 2 |
| 2011 | Grampus griseus Geisler et al. p. 6 figs. Table 1 |
| 2013 | Grampus griseus Perrin et al. p. 571 figs. Table 1 |
| 2021 | Grampus griseus Jefferson p. 21 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Grampus griseus Cuvier 1812 [Risso's dolphin]
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Invalid names: Delphinus aires Cuvier 1812 [synonym], Delphinus rissoanus Demarest 1822 [synonym], Globicephalus rissii Risso 1826 [synonym], Grampidelphis exilis Iredale and Troughton 1933 [synonym], Grampidelphis kuzira Iredale and Troughton 1933 [synonym], Grampus cuvieri Gray 1846 [synonym], Grampus richardsoni Gray 1850 [synonym], Grampus richardsonii Gray 1850 [synonym], Grampus sakamata Gray 1846 [synonym], Grampus sowerbianus Fischer 1881 [synonym], Grampus stearnsii Dall 1873 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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Collections (17 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Neogene | Madagascar | Grampus griseus (55451) | |
| Zanclean | Japan (Ibaraki) | Grampus griseus (76013) | |
| Holocene | South Africa | Grampus griseus (168142 168143) | |
| Holocene | Australia (Victoria) | Grampus griseus (168147) | |
| Holocene | Mexico (Baja California) | Grampus griseus (201786) | |
| Holocene | Australia (Western Australia) | Grampus griseus (168146) | |
| Holocene | Argentina | Grampus griseus (168144) | |
| Holocene | Japan | Grampus griseus (54129 168148) | |
| Holocene | USA (Oregon) | Grampus griseus (168149) | |
| Holocene | Italy (Sicily) | Grampus griseus (175523) | |
| Holocene | Portugal | Grampus griseus (168151) | |
| Holocene | France | Delphinus griseus (type locality: 86898) | |
| Holocene | Chile | Grampus griseus (168145) | |
| Holocene | USA (New Jersey) | Grampus griseus (168150) | |
| Holocene | Italy | Grampus griseus (168152) |