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Description

Right whale dolphins are cetaceans belonging to the genus Lissodelphis. It contains the northern right whale dolphin (Lissodelphis borealis) and the southern right whale dolphin (Lissodelphis peronii). These cetaceans are predominantly black, white beneath, and some of the few without a dorsal fin or ridge. They are smaller members of the delphinid family, oceanic dolphins, and very slender. Despite scientists being long acquainted with the species (the Northern species was identified by Titian Peale in 1848 and the Southern by Bernard Germain de la Cépède in 1804), little is known about them in terms of life history and behaviour.

From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lissodelphis, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	2440463	https://www.gbif.org/species/2440463
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	63570	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=63570

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Cetacea : Delphinidae : Lissodelphis

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Triploblastica	Lankester 1877
-	Nephrozoa	Jondelius et al. 2002
-	Deuterostomia	Grobben 1908
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1847
subphylum	Vertebrata	Lamarck 1801
superclass	Gnathostomata	Gegenbauer 1874
-	Osteichthyes
-	Sarcopterygii	Romer 1955
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha
-	Tetrapoda
-	Reptiliomorpha	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Anthracosauria	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Batrachosauria
-	Cotylosauria
-	Amniota	Haeckel 1866
-	Synapsida	Osborn 1903
-	Therapsida
infraorder	Cynodontia
-	Epicynodontia	Hopson and Kitching 2001
infraorder	Eucynodontia	Kemp 1982
-	Probainognathia	Hopson 1990
-	Mammaliamorpha	Rowe 1988
-	Mammaliaformes	Rowe 1988
class	Mammalia	Linnaeus 1758
order	Cetacea	Brisson 1762
-	Pelagiceti	Uhen 2008
-	Neoceti	Fordyce and de Muizon 2001
suborder	Odontoceti	Flower 1867
infraorder	Delphinida	Muizon 1984
superfamily	Delphinoidea	Flower 1865
family	Delphinidae	Gray 1821
subfamily	Lissodelphininae
genus	Lissodelphis	Gloger 1841

Scientific Name

Lissodelphis Gloger, 1841

Name Published In

Gemein. Naturgesch. Thier. vol.1 p.169

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Lissodelphis	genus	belongs to Delphinidae	stated without evidence	Palmer, 1904
Lissodelphis	genus	belongs to Lissodelphinae	stated without evidence	Fraser and Purves, 1960
Lissodelphis	genus	belongs to Delphininae	stated without evidence	Scheffer and Rice, 1963
Lissodelphis	genus	belongs to Delphininae	stated with evidence	Kasuya, 1973
Lissodelphis	genus	belongs to Delphinidae	stated without evidence	Barnes, 1977
Lissodelphis	genus	belongs to Delphininae	stated without evidence	de Muizon, 1988
Lissodelphis	genus	belongs to Delphinidae	stated without evidence	Jefferson and Newcomer, 1993
Lissodelphis	genus	belongs to Delphininae	implied	McKenna and Bell, 1997
Lissodelphis	genus	belongs to Delphinidae	stated without evidence	Rice, 1998
Lissodelphis	genus	belongs to Lissodelphinae	stated without evidence	LeDuc et al., 1999
Lissodelphis	genus	belongs to Delphininae	implied	Buchholtz and Schur, 2004
Lissodelphis	genus	belongs to Delphinidae	stated without evidence	Mead and Brownell, 2005
Lissodelphis	genus	belongs to Lissodelphinae	stated with evidence	Agnarsson and May-Collado, 2008
Lissodelphis	genus	belongs to Lissodelphininae	stated without evidence	Perrin et al., 2013
Lissodelphis	genus	belongs to Delphinidae	stated with evidence	Murakami et al., 2014
Lissodelphis	genus	belongs to Lissodelphininae	stated with evidence	Marx et al., 2016

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

3 (43%)

First Recorded Appearance

13.8 - 11.6 Ma
Miocene

Environment

marine,freshwater (based on Odontoceti)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Cetacea)

Diet

piscivore, carnivore (based on Delphinidae)

Reproduction

viviparous (based on Odontoceti)

Ontogeny

modification of parts (based on Cetacea)

Taphonomy

hydroxylapatite (based on Odontoceti)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

P. Hershkovitz. 1966. Catalog of Living Whales. United States National Museum Bulletin 246:1-259

Common Name(s)

Right Whale Dolphins, Right-whale Dolphins

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lissodelphis

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Delphinapterus fockii ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		6	13.8 Ma Miocene	11.6 Ma Miocene
Lissodelphis borealis species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	0.01 Ma Pleistocene	0 Ma Extant
Lissodelphis nordmanni ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		2	12.7 Ma Miocene	11.6 Ma Miocene
Lissodelphis peronii species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	Southern Right Whale Dolphin	7	0.01 Ma Pleistocene	0 Ma Extant

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Tursio Wagler, 1830	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Cetacea : Delphinidae : *Tursio*
Delphinapterus Gray, 1846	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Cetacea : Delphinidae : *Delphinapterus*
Leucoramphus Trouessart, 1898	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Cetacea : Delphinidae : *Leucoramphus*
Leucorhamphus Lilljeborg, 1861	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Cetacea : Delphinidae : *Leucorhamphus*
Delphinapterus Lesson & Garnot, 1826	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Cetacea : Delphinidae : *Delphinapterus*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1830	Tursio Wagler
1841	Lissodelphis Gloger p. 169
1861	Leucorhamphus Lilljeborg p. 4
1866	Tursio Gray p. 254
1868	Tursio Gray p. 6
1870	Tursio Gray p. 772
1871	Leucorhamphus Gill p. 125
1872	Leucorhamphus Gill p. 95
1873	Delphinapterus (Pachypleurus) Brandt p. 234
1898	Pristinocetus Trouessart p. 1071
1904	Lissodelphis Palmer p. 379
1904	Pristinocetus Palmer p. 563
1904	Tursio Palmer p. 697
1904	Lissodelphis Trouessart p. 766
1922	Pristinocetus Gennevaux p. 22
1928	Tursio Weber p. 389
1945	Lissodelphis Simpson p. 104
1951	Lissodelphis Ellerman and Morrisson-Scott p. 737

Year	Name and Author
1960	Lissodelphis Fraser and Purves p. 112 figs. Figure 26
1963	Lissodelphis Scheffer and Rice p. 6
1966	Delphinapterus (Pachypleurus) Kudrin and Tatarinov p. 976
1973	Lissodelphis Kasuya p. 61
1977	Lissodelphis Barnes p. 323 figs. Table 1
1988	Lissodelphis de Muizon p. 162
1993	Lissodelphis Jefferson and Newcomer p. 1
1996	Lissodelphis Newcomer et al. p. 1
1997	Lissodelphis McKenna and Bell p. 385
1998	Lissodelphis Rice p. 115
1999	Lissodelphis LeDuc et al. p. 639 figs. Figure 2
2001	Lissodelphis Fordyce and de Muizon p. 179
2004	Lissodelphis Buchholtz and Schur p. 384 figs. Figure 1
2005	Lissodelphis Mead and Brownell p. 730
2008	Lissodelphis Agnarsson and May-Collado p. 981 figs. Fig. 2
2013	Lissodelphis Perrin et al. p. 571 figs. Table 1
2014	Lissodelphis Murakami et al. p. 507 figs. Figure 10
2016	Lissodelphis Marx et al. p. 141

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Gray J. E. , Synopsis of the species of whales and dolphins in the Collection of the British Museum, 1-10

Gray J. E. Notes on the arrangement of the genera of delphinoid whales, Proceedings of the Scientific Meetings of the Zoological Society of London 1870, 772-773

Gill T. Synopsis of the primary subdivisions of the cetaceans, Communications of the Essex Institute 6, 121-126

Gill T. Arrangement of the Families of Mammals, Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 11 230, 1-98

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de Muizon C. (1988) Les relations phylogenetiques des Delphinida (Cetacea, Mammalia), Annales de Paleontologie 74 4, 159-227

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