Review of the Miocene long-snouted dolphin Priscodelphinus cristatus DU BUS, 1872 (Cetacea, Odontoceti) and phylogeny among eurhinodelphinids

The Miocene long-snouted dolphin species Eurhinodelphis cristatus ( sensu ABEL, 1902) (Cetacea, Odontoceti, Eurhinodelphinidae), recognized in the area of Antwerp (North of Belgium, southern margin of the North Sea Basin) and the east coast of the USA (Maryland and Virginia), is re-described, including several undescribed specimens associated with ear bones and teeth. The systematic affinities of this species with other members of the family Eurhinodelphinidae are investigated, leading to its inclusion in the new genus Xiphiacetus , together with the species Eurhinodelphis bossi ( sensu KELLOG... Mehr ...