Full reference: R. S. Lull. 1914. Fossil dolphin from California. American journal of Science 37:209-220
Parent taxon: Delphinida according to M. D. Uhen et al. 2008
See also Barnes 1977, Carroll 1988, de Muizon 1988, Fordyce and de Muizon 2001, Hay 1930, Kellogg 1928, McKenna and Bell 1997, Sepkoski 2002 and Simpson 1945
Sister taxa: Anacharsis, Atocetus, Brevirostrodelphis, Cammackacetus, Delphinoidea, Hadrodelphis, Herbeinodelphis, Inioidea, Kentriodontidae, Kentriodontoidea, Liolithax, Lipotidae, Lipotoidea, Macrokentriodon, Miminiacetus, Miodelphis, Monodontoidae, Pictodelphis, Pithanodelphis, Platylithax, Tagicetus, Westmorelandelphis
Subtaxa: Delphinavus newhalli
Type: Delphinavus newhalli
Ecology: aquatic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Suey Ranch (Miocene of California)
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