Eoplatanista gresalensis Dal Piaz 1916

Mammalia - Cetacea - Eoplatanistidae

Alternative combinations: Cyrtodelphis gresalensis, Schizodelphis gresalensis, Zignodelphis gresalensis

Synonyms: Schizodelphis yablokovi Pilleri 1985, Zignodelphis yablokovi Pilleri 1985

Full reference: G. Dal Piaz. 1916. Gli Odontoceti del Miocene Bellunese: Cyrtodelphis. Memoirie dell'Instituto geologico della R. Università di Padova 5(5):1-18

Belongs to Eoplatanista according to M. Fornasiero and L. Del Vavero 2014

See also Bianucci and Landini 2002, Dal Piaz 1916, Muizon 1988, Pilleri 1985 and Pilleri 1989

Sister taxa: Eoplatanista italica, Eoplatanista miocaenus, Eoplatanista taurinensis

Type specimens:

  • Eoplatanista gresalensis: IGUP 26 154, a skull. Its type locality is Libano, which is in an Aquitanian marine sandstone in the Libano Sandstone Formation of Italy.
  • Schizodelphis yablokovi: IGUP 26 254, a skull. Its type locality is Libano, which is in an Aquitanian marine sandstone in the Libano Sandstone Formation of Italy.

Distribution: found only at Libano

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