†family Dalpiazinidae Muizon 1988 (toothed whale)

Mammalia - Cetacea - Dalpiazinidae

Alternative spelling: Dalpiaziniidae

Full reference: C. Muizon. 1988. Le polyphyletisme des Acrodelphidae, Odontocetes longirostres du Miocene europeen. Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histore Naturelle, Section C Sciences de la Terre, Paleontologie, Geologie, Minerologie 10:31-88

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

See also Aguirre-Fernández and Fordyce 2014, Benton 1993, Bianucci and Landini 2007, Fordyce and Barnes 1994, Fordyce et al. 1995, Fordyce and de Muizon 2001, Fordyce and Roberts 2009, Gingerich 2005, McKenna and Bell 1997, Muizon 1990, Rice 1998, Rice 2002 and Rice 2009

Sister taxa: Allodelphinidae, Aondelphis, Awamokoa, Dolgopolis, Perditicetus, Prosqualodontidae, Urkudelphis, Waipatiidae

Subtaxa: Dalpiazina

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Ecology: aquatic carnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of Italy (2 collections)

• Oligocene of Mexico (1), New Zealand (1)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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