Mammalia - Cetacea - Eurhinodelphinidae
Alternative combinations: Eurhinodelphis cristatus, Priscodelphinus cristatus
Synonyms: Eurhinodelphis ashbyi Myrick 1979, Eurhinodelphis whitmorei Myrick 1979
Full reference: B. Du Bus. 1872. Mammiferes nouveaux du crag d'Anvers. Bulletins de L'Academie Royale des Sciences, des Letteres et des Beaux-Arts 34:491-509
Belongs to Xiphiacetus according to S. J. Godfrey and O. Lambert 2023
See also Abel 1902, Abel 1905, Bianucci 1996, Bianucci and Landini 2002, Du Bus 1872, Hastings and Dooley 2017, Lambert 2004, Lambert 2005, Lambert 2005, Lambert and Goolaerts 2022, Myrick 1979, Trouessart 1898, Trouessart 1904, Uhen et al. 2008, Van Beneden and Gervais 1880 and Vanden Broeck 1874
Sister taxon: Xiphiacetus bossi
Type specimens:
- Xiphiacetus cristatus: IRSNB 3234-M.361, a partial skeleton (occipital condyles). Its type locality is Anvers, which is in a Miocene/Pliocene marine horizon in Belgium.
- Eurhinodelphis ashbyi: USNM 244401, a partial skull. Its type locality is Stratford Bluffs, Zone 14-16, which is in a Serravallian offshore claystone in the Calvert Formation of Virginia.
- Eurhinodelphis whitmorei: USNM 25666, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Parker Creek, south, Zone 12, which is in a Langhian estuary/bay claystone in the Calvert Formation of Maryland.
Ecology: aquatic carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene to Pliocene of Belgium (1 collection)
• Miocene of Austria (1), Belgium (4), Italy (2), the Netherlands (3), United States (5: Maryland, Virginia)
Total: 16 collections including 17 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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