Mammalia - Cetacea - Delphinidae
Alternative combinations: Delphinus cruciger, Lagenorhynchus cruciger
Synonyms: Delphinus albigena Quoy and Gaimard 1824, Delphinus bivittatus Lesson and Garnot 1826, Delphinus obscurus Gray 1850, Lagenorhynchus wilsoni Lillie 1915, Phocaena dorbignyi Philippi 1893, Phocaena homei Smith 1828, Phocaena homeii Smith 1828
Belongs to Sagmatias according to N. L. Vollmer et al. 2019
See also Agnarsson and May-Collado 2008, Fischer 1829, Gray 1850, Hershkovitz 1966, Jefferson 2021, LeDuc et al. 1999, Mead and Brownell 2005, Perrin et al. 2013, Rice 1998, Scheffer and Rice 1963 and Trouessart 1904
Sister taxa: Sagmatias amblodon, Sagmatias australis, Sagmatias obliquidens, Sagmatias obscurus
Type specimens:
- Sagmatias cruciger: none designated
- Delphinus albigena:
- Delphinus bivittatus:
- Delphinus obscurus:
- Lagenorhynchus wilsoni:
- Phocaena dorbignyi:
- Phocaena homeii:
Ecology: aquatic piscivore-carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of New Zealand (1 collection), South Africa (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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