Mammalia - Cetacea - Delphinidae

Full reference: G. Bianucci. 2005. Arimidelphis sorbinii a new small killer whale-like dolphin from the Pliocene of Marecchia River (Central eastern Italy) and a phylogenetic analysis of the Orcininae (Cetacea: Odontoceti). Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia 111(2):329-344

Parent taxon: Delphinidae according to F. G. Marx et al. 2016

See also Berta 2017, Bianucci 2005 and Murakami et al. 2014

Sister taxa: Australodelphis, Catodontina, Delphininae, Delphinus malayanus, Eodelphinus, Globicephalinae, Hemisyntrachelus, Lagenorhynchina, Lagenorhynchus, Lissodelphininae, Monoceratina, Norisdelphis, Orcaellinae, Orcina, Orcininae, Orcinus, Pliodelphis, Sotalia, Steninae, Steno, Steno cudmorei, Stenonina, Stenoninae, Trispondylus, Tursiops miocaenus

Subtaxa: Arimidelphis sorbinii

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Type: Arimidelphis sorbinii

Ecology: aquatic piscivore-carnivore

Distribution: found only at Poggio Berni (Pliocene of Italy)

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