Sagmatias obliquidens Gill 1865 (Pacific white-sided dolphin)

Mammalia - Cetacea - Delphinidae

Alternative combinations: Delphinus obliquidens, Lagenorhynchus obliquidens

Synonyms: Delphinus longidens Cope 1866, Lagenorhynchus ognevi Slensov 1955

Belongs to Sagmatias according to N. L. Vollmer et al. 2019

See also Agnarsson and May-Collado 2008, Barnes 1977, Jefferson 2021, LeDuc et al. 1999, Mead and Brownell 2005, Perrin et al. 2013, Rice 1998, Scammon and Cope 1869, Trouessart 1904 and Vidal 1991

Sister taxa: Sagmatias amblodon, Sagmatias australis, Sagmatias cruciger, Sagmatias obscurus

Type specimens:

  • Sagmatias obliquidens: USNM 1961, 1962, 1963, a skull ( 3 skulls). Its type locality is San Francisco, which is in a Holocene coastal horizon in California.
  • Delphinus longidens:
  • Lagenorhynchus ognevi:

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Japan (3 collections), United States (2: California, Oregon)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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