Mammalia - Cetacea - Delphinidae
Full reference: V. Simonelli. 1911. Avanzi di "Tursiops" del Pliocene Senese. Memorie della R. Accademia delle Science dell'Instituto di Bologna Classe di Scienze Fisiche 8:249-260
Belongs to Tursiops according to M. Murakami et al. 2014
See also Barnes 1990, Bianucci 1996, Pilleri 1985 and Pilleri 1987
Sister taxa: Delphinus caerulescens, Delphinus perniger, Tursiops aduncus, Tursiops astensis, Tursiops brochii, Tursiops erebennus, Tursiops subridens, Tursiops truncatus
Type specimen: MB 8561/1COC15-16, a partial skeleton (skull & partial skeleton). Its type locality is San Quirico d'Orcia, which is in a Zanclean coastal mudstone in Italy.
Ecology: aquatic piscivore-carnivore
Distribution: found only at San Quirico d'Orcia
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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