Full reference: G. Dal Piaz. 1916. Gli Odontoceti del Miocene Bellunese: Protodelphinus capellini. Memoirie dell'Instituto geologico della R. Università di Padova 5(7):42-50
Parent taxon: Delphinoidea according to O. Lambert 2005
See also Carroll 1988, Dal Piaz 1916, Dal Piaz 1929, Fordyce and de Muizon 2001, Kellogg 1928, McKenna and Bell 1997, Muizon 1990, Pilleri 1985, Sepkoski 2002 and Simpson 1945
Sister taxa: Albireonidae, Delphinidae, Eurhinodelphis pacificus, Monodontidae, Odobenocetopsidae, Palaeophocaena, Phocoenidae, Prionodelphis, Sinanodelphis
Subtaxa: Protodelphinus capellinii
Ecology: aquatic carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Italy (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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