Osteichthyes - Artiodactyla - Delphinidae

PaleoDB taxon number: 63570

Synonyms: Delphinapterus (Pachypleurus) Brandt 1873 (no. 69233), Leucorhamphus Lilljeborg 1861 (no. 69314), Pachypleurus Brandt 1873 (no. 121515), Tursio Wagler 1830 (no. 69308)

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

Sister taxa: Cephalorhynchus, Lagenorhynchus

Subtaxa: Lissodelphis borealis, Lissodelphis fockii, Lissodelphis peronii

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Ecology: ground dwelling piscivore-carnivore