PBDB Taxon

Basic info	Taxonomic history	Classification	Included Taxa
Morphology	Ecology and taphonomy	External Literature Search	Age range and collections

Lissodelphis

Mammalia - Cetacea - Delphinidae

Taxonomy

Lissodelphis was named by Gloger (1841). It is extant.

It was assigned to Delphininae by Scheffer and Rice (1963), Kasuya (1973), de Muizon (1988), McKenna and Bell (1997), Buchholtz and Schur (2004); to Lissodelphinae by Fraser and Purves (1960), LeDuc et al. (1999), Fordyce and de Muizon (2001), Agnarsson and May-Collado (2008); to Delphinidae by Trouessart (1904), Palmer (1904), Simpson (1945), Ellerman and Morrisson-Scott (1951), Barnes (1977), Jefferson and Newcomer (1993), Newcomer et al. (1996), Rice (1998), Mead and Brownell (2005), Murakami et al. (2014); and to Lissodelphininae by Perrin et al. (2013), Marx et al. (2016).

Species

L. borealis (syn. Lagenorhynchus thicolea), L. fockii, L. nordmanni, L. peronii (syn. Delphinapterus lessonii, Delphinus bicolor, Delphinus leucorhamphus, Prodelphinus gervaisi)

Synonyms

Pristinocetus was named by Trouessart (1898).

It was synonymized subjectively with Archaeocetus by Trouessart (1904); it was synonymized subjectively with Lissodelphis by McKenna and Bell (1997).

It was assigned to Delphinidae by Palmer (1904); and to Balaenidae by Trouessart (1898), Gennevaux and Roman (1922).
Delphinapterus (Pachypleurus) was named by Brandt (1873).

It was replaced with Pristinocetus by Trouessart (1898); it was replaced with Archaeocetus by Sinzow (1898), Palmer (1904); it was synonymized subjectively with Lissodelphis by McKenna and Bell (1997).

It was assigned to Delphinapterus by Brandt (1873), Kudrin and Tatarinov (1966).
Tursio was named by Wagler (1830). It is extant. Its type is Tursiops truncatus.

It was synonymized subjectively with Tursiops by Gill (1871), Gill (1872), Barnes (1990); it was synonymized subjectively with Lissodelphis by Trouessart (1904), McKenna and Bell (1997), Mead and Brownell (2005).

It was assigned to Delphinina by Gray (1868), Gray (1871); to Delphinidae by Gray (1866), Gray (1870), Scott (1873), Palmer (1904); to Lagenorhynchini by Winge (1921); and to Delphininae by Weber (1928).
Leucorhamphus was named by Lilljeborg (1861). It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Lissodelphis by Hershkovitz (1966), Jefferson and Newcomer (1993), McKenna and Bell (1997), Mead and Brownell (2005).

It was assigned to Delphininae by Gill (1871), Gill (1872).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1830	Tursio Wagler
1841	Lissodelphis Gloger p. 169
1861	Leucorhamphus Lilljeborg p. 4
1866	Tursio Gray p. 254
1868	Tursio Gray p. 6
1870	Tursio Gray p. 772
1871	Leucorhamphus Gill p. 125
1871	Tursio Gray p. 72
1872	Leucorhamphus Gill p. 95
1873	Delphinapterus (Pachypleurus) Brandt p. 234
1873	Tursio Scott p. 81
1898	Pristinocetus Trouessart p. 1071
1904	Lissodelphis Palmer p. 379
1904	Pristinocetus Palmer p. 563
1904	Tursio Palmer p. 697
1904	Lissodelphis Trouessart p. 766
1921	Tursio Winge p. 36
1922	Pristinocetus Gennevaux and Roman p. 22
1928	Tursio Weber p. 389
1945	Lissodelphis Simpson p. 104
1951	Lissodelphis Ellerman and Morrisson-Scott p. 737
1960	Lissodelphis Fraser and Purves p. 112 figs. Figure 26
1963	Lissodelphis Scheffer and Rice p. 6
1966	Delphinapterus (Pachypleurus) Kudrin and Tatarinov p. 976
1973	Lissodelphis Kasuya p. 61
1977	Lissodelphis Barnes p. 323 figs. Table 1
1988	Lissodelphis de Muizon p. 162
1993	Lissodelphis Jefferson and Newcomer p. 1
1996	Lissodelphis Newcomer et al. p. 1
1997	Lissodelphis McKenna and Bell p. 385
1998	Lissodelphis Rice p. 115
1999	Lissodelphis LeDuc et al. p. 639 figs. Figure 2
2001	Lissodelphis Fordyce and de Muizon p. 179
2004	Lissodelphis Buchholtz and Schur p. 384 figs. Figure 1
2005	Lissodelphis Mead and Brownell p. 730
2008	Lissodelphis Agnarsson and May-Collado p. 981 figs. Fig. 2
2013	Lissodelphis Perrin et al. p. 571 figs. Table 1
2014	Lissodelphis Murakami et al. p. 507 figs. Figure 10
2016	Lissodelphis Marx et al. p. 141

Is something missing? Join the Paleobiology Database and enter the data

Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
—	Osteichthyes	()
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda
—	Reptiliomorpha
—	Anthracosauria
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota
subclass	Synapsida
—	Therapsida	()
infraorder	Cynodontia	()
—	Mammaliamorpha
—	Mammaliaformes
class	Mammalia

Rank	Name	Author
—	Cladotheria
—	Zatheria
subclass	Tribosphenida	()
subclass	Theria
—	Eutheria	()
—	Placentalia
—	Boreoeutheria
—	Laurasiatheria
—	Scrotifera
—	Euungulata
—	Artiodactylamorpha
—	Artiodactyla	()
—	Whippomorpha
order	Cetacea
—	Pelagiceti
—	Neoceti
suborder	Odontoceti
infraorder	Delphinida
superfamily	Delphinoidea
family	Delphinidae
subfamily	Lissodelphininae	()
genus	Lissodelphis	Gloger 1841

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.

G. Lissodelphis Gloger 1841

show all | hide all

Lissodelphis borealis Peale 1848

hide

Invalid names: Lagenorhynchus thicolea Gray 1846 [synonym]

†Lissodelphis fockii Brandt 1873

hide

†Lissodelphis fockii minor Macarovici and Zaharia 1968

†Lissodelphis fockii major Macarovici and Zaharia 1968

†Lissodelphis nordmanni Brandt 1873

Lissodelphis peronii Lacépède 1804 [southern right whale dolphin]

hide

Invalid names: Delphinapterus lessonii Philippi 1893 [synonym], Delphinus bicolor Gray 1846 [synonym], Delphinus leucorhamphus Peron 1804 [synonym], Prodelphinus gervaisi Trouessart 1898 [synonym]

Invalid names: Leucorhamphus Lilljeborg 1861 [synonym], Pachypleurus Brandt 1873 [synonym], Pristinocetus Trouessart 1898 [synonym], Tursio Wagler 1830 [synonym]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

part	N	mean

Composition:

hydroxyapatitesubo

Form:

roller-shapedo

Ontogeny:

modification of partso

Environment:

marine, freshwatersubo

Locomotion:

actively mobileo

Life habit:

aquatico

Depth habitat:

surfaceo

Diet:

piscivoref

Diet 2:

carnivoref

Reproduction:

viviparoussubo

Created:

2005-06-08 10:11:09

Modified:

2005-06-08 12:11:09

Source: f = family, subo = suborder, o = order

References: Uhen 2004, Nowak 1991

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Sarmatian to the top of the Holocene or 12.80000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 11.63 Ma

Collections (18 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Neogene	23.04 - 2.58	Germany	Beluga fockii (84946)
Serravallian	13.82 - 11.63	Moldova	Archaeocetus fockii (80363)
Sarmatian	12.8 - 11.63	Moldova	Delphinapterus nordmanni, Archaeocetus fockii (57734)
Sarmatian	12.8 - 11.63	Russian Federation	Delphinapterus fockii (49684)
Sarmatian	12.8 - 11.63	Türkiye	Archaeocetus nordmanni, Archaeocetus fockii (56563)
Sarmatian	12.8 - 11.63	Romania	Archaeocetus fockii (91630)
Zanclean	5.333 - 3.6	Netherlands (Noord-Brabant)	L. sp. (89447)
Rancholabrean	0.21 - 0.014	USA (California)	L. sp. (84891)
Holocene	0.0117 - 0.0	South Africa	L. peronii (168136 168137)
Holocene	0.0117 - 0.0	USA (Oregon)	L. borealis (84943 168141)
Holocene	0.0117 - 0.0	Japan	L. borealis (168140)
Holocene	0.0117 - 0.0	Argentina	L. peronii (168135)
Holocene	0.0117 - 0.0	Australia (Victoria)	L. peronii (168139)
Holocene	0.0117 - 0.0	Australia (Tasmania)	L. peronii (84942)
Holocene	0.0117 - 0.0	Chile	L. peronii (168134)
Holocene	0.0117 - 0.0	Australia (Western Australia)	L. peronii (168138)