Australodelphis Fordyce et al. 2002 (dolphin)

Mammalia - Cetacea - Delphinidae

Full reference: R. E. Fordyce, P. G. Quilty, and J. Daniels. 2002. Australodelphis mirus, a bizarre new toothless ziphiid-like fossil dolphin (Cetacea: Delphinidae) from the Pliocene of Vestfold Hills, East Antarctica. Antarctic Science 14(1):37-54

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

See also Berta 2017, Fordyce et al. 2002 and Murakami et al. 2014

Sister taxa: Arimidelphis, Catodontina, Delphininae, Delphinus malayanus, Eodelphinus, Globicephalinae, Hemisyntrachelus, Lagenorhynchina, Lagenorhynchus, Lissodelphininae, Monoceratina, Norisdelphis, Orcaellinae, Orcina, Orcininae, Orcinus, Pliodelphis, Sotalia, Steninae, Steno, Steno cudmorei, Stenonina, Stenoninae, Trispondylus, Tursiops miocaenus

Subtaxa: Australodelphis mirus

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Type: Australodelphis mirus

Ecology: aquatic piscivore-carnivore

Distribution: found only at Marine Plain (Pliocene of Antarctica)

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