Mammalia - Cetacea - Delphinidae

Alternative combination: Tursiops cortesii capellinii

Full reference: A. Del Prato. 1898. Il Tursiops capellinii Sacco del Pliocene Piacentino. Palaeontographia Italica 3:1-14

Belongs to Tursiops according to L. G. Barnes 1990

Sister taxa: Delphinus attenuata, Delphinus capensis, Delphinus dationum, Delphinus delphis, Delphinus domeykoi, Delphinus tropicalis, Delphinus truncatus, Lagenodelphis hosei, Eudelphinus compressus, Eudelphinus pliocaenus, Tursiops osennae, Tursiops astensis, Tursiops aduncus, Tursiops brocchii

Type specimen: Its type locality is Chiavenna, which is in a Zanclean marine horizon in Italy