Protodelphinus capellinii Dal Piaz 1916 (toothed whale)

Mammalia - Cetacea

Full reference: G. Dal Piaz. 1916. Gli Odontoceti del Miocene Bellunese: Protodelphinus capellini. Memoirie dell'Instituto geologico della R. Università di Padova 5(7):42-50

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

See also Bianucci and Landini 2002, Dal Piaz 1916, Lambert 2005 and Pilleri 1985

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: MGPD 26182. Its type locality is Torrente Gresal, which is in a Miocene marine horizon in Italy.

Ecology: aquatic carnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of Italy (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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