Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Delphinidae
PaleoDB taxon number: 36703
Synonym: Eudelphinus Van Beneden and Gervais 1880 (taxon 69771)
Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824
Parent taxon: Delphininae according to F. G. Marx et al. 2016
Sister taxa: Astadelphis, Delphinina, Etruridelphis, Lagenodelphis, Septidelphis, Sousa, Stenella, Tursiops
Subtaxa: Delphinus baltringii, Delphinus bertini, Delphinus brevidens, Delphinus capensis, Delphinus coronatus, Delphinus delannoy, Delphinus delphis, Delphinus dewaeli, Delphinus domeykoi, Delphinus feres, Delphinus lunatus, Delphinus minimus, Delphinus niger, Delphinus pernettyi, Delphinus rikuzenensis, Delphinus taramelli, Delphinus tropicalis, Delphinus tursio, Delphinus wasii, Eudelphinus compressus, Eudelphinus tasmaniensis
Type: Phocoena phocoena
Ecology: scansorial piscivore-carnivore