Mammalia - Cetacea - Delphinidae
Alternative combination: Stereodelphis brevidens
Full reference: J. Dubreuil and P. Gervais. 1849. Note sur deux animaux fossiles de la mollasse marine de Castries (Herault). Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Seances de L'academie des Sciences 28:135-136
Belongs to Delphinus according to J. Dubreuil and P. Gervais 1849
See also Fordyce and de Muizon 2001, Kellogg 1923, Pictet 1853 and Trouessart 1898
Sister taxa: Delphinus baltringii, Delphinus bertini, Delphinus bonnaterrei, Delphinus boryi, Delphinus chilensis, Delphinus coronatus, Delphinus delannoy, Delphinus delphis, Delphinus dewaeli, Delphinus epiodon, Delphinus fabricii, Delphinus feres, Delphinus harlani, Delphinus leucocephalus, Delphinus maculatus, Delphinus minimus, Delphinus nesarnac, Delphinus niger, Delphinus obtusus, Delphinus pernettyi, Delphinus rappii, Delphinus rhinoceros, Delphinus rikuzenensis, Delphinus risso, Delphinus siculus, Delphinus taramelli, Delphinus tursio, Delphinus wasii, Eudelphinus compressus
Type specimen: Its type locality is Castries, which is in a Miocene marine horizon in France
Distribution:
• Miocene of France (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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