Mammalia - Cetacea - Phocoenidae
Alternative combinations: Delphinus phocaenoides, Neomeris phocaenoides
Synonyms: Delphinapterus molagan Owen 1866, Delphinus melas Temminck 1841, Neomeris kurrachiensis Murray 1884
Belongs to Neophocaena according to I. Agnarsson and L. J. May-Collado 2008
See also Fajardo-Mellor et al. 2006, Gray 1850, Gray 1866, Gray 1868, Hershkovitz 1966, Jefferson 2021, Mead and Brownell 2005, Rice 1998, Scheffer and Rice 1963, Trouessart 1904 and Turner 1912
Sister taxa: Neophocaena asiaeorientalis, Neophocaena sunameri
Subtaxa: Neophocaena phocaenoides phocaenoides
Type specimens:
- Neophocaena phocaenoides: MDHN 3086, a skull. Its type locality is Cape of Good Hope, which is in a Holocene coastal horizon in South Africa.
- Delphinapterus molagan:
- Delphinus melas:
- Neomeris kurrachiensis:
Distribution:
• Quaternary of China (1 collection), India (1), Indonesia (1), Japan (1), Oman (1), South Africa (1), Taiwan (1)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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