Mammalia - Cetacea - Delphinidae
Synonym: Eutropia Gray 1862
Parent taxon: Lissodelphininae according to F. G. Marx et al. 2016
See also Agnarsson and May-Collado 2008, Buchholtz and Schur 2004, de Muizon 1988, Fordyce and de Muizon 2001, Fraser and Purves 1960, Gill 1872, Gray 1868, Gray 1870, Hershkovitz 1966, Kasuya 1973, LeDuc et al. 1999, McKenna and Bell 1997, Mead and Brownell 2005, Murakami et al. 2014, Perrin et al. 2013, Rice 1998, Scheffer and Rice 1963, Simpson 1945, Trouessart 1904, Turner 1912 and Weber 1928
Sister taxa: Lissodelphis, Sagmatias
Subtaxa: Cephalorhynchus commersoni Cephalorhynchus eutropia Cephalorhynchus heavisidii Cephalorhynchus hectori Phocoena obtusata
Type: Cephalorhynchus commersoni
Ecology: aquatic piscivore-carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Argentina (1 collection), Chile (1), French Southern Territories (1), New Zealand (1), South Africa (1)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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