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Articles | Volume 24, issue 1
Articles | Volume 24, issue 1
https://doi.org/10.5194/fr-24-77-2021
© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
https://doi.org/10.5194/fr-24-77-2021
© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 24, issue 1
Research article
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07 Apr 2021
Research article |  | 07 Apr 2021

A new delphinid from the lower Pliocene of the North Sea and the early radiations of true dolphins

Alice Belluzzo and Olivier Lambert

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Whereas true dolphins (Delphinidae) are the most diversified family of cetaceans today, their evolutionary history remains poorly known due to a relatively patchy fossil record. Based on a fossil skull discovered in early Pliocene (5 to 4.4 million years ago) marine sediments from Antwerp (Belgium), we describe here a new genus and species of small dolphin, Pliodelphis doelensis. This is the first delphinid species to be recorded from the early Pliocene in the North Sea.
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