Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Delphinidae

PaleoDB taxon number: 161691

Full reference: G. Bianucci, S. C. Vaiani, and S. Casati. 2009. A new delphinid record (Odontoceti, Cetacea) from the Early Pliocene of Tuscany (Central Italy): systematics and biostratigraphic considerations. Neus Jahrbuch fur Geologie und Palaontologie Abhandlungen 254(3):275-292

Parent taxon: Delphininae according to F. G. Marx et al. 2016

Sister taxa: Astadelphis, Delphinina, Delphinus, Lagenodelphis, Septidelphis, Sousa, Stenella, Tursiops

Subtaxa: Etruridelphis giulii

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Ecology: scansorial piscivore-carnivore