Ziphiodelphis sigmoideus Pilleri 1985 (toothed whale)

Mammalia - Cetacea - Eurhinodelphinidae

Alternative combination: Eurhinodelphis sigmoideus

Full reference: G. Pilleri. 1985. The Miocene Cetacea of the Belluno Sandstones (Eastern Southern Alps). Memoire degli Instituti di Geologia e Mineralogia dell'Universita di Padova 37:1-87

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

See also Bianucci and Landini 2002, Lambert 2004, Lambert 2005, Pilleri 1985 and Pilleri 1990

Sister taxon: Ziphiodelphis abeli

Type specimen: Its type locality is Libano, which is in an Aquitanian marine sandstone in the Libano Sandstone Formation of Italy

Ecology: aquatic carnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of Italy (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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