Mammalia - Cetacea - Delphinidae
Alternative combinations: Tursio truncatus, Tursiops truncatus
Full reference: J. E. Gray. 1866. Notes on the skulls of dolphins, or bottlnose whales, in the British Museum. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1866:211-216
Belongs to Delphinus according to A. Hassanin et al. 2012
Sister taxa: Delphinus attenuata, Delphinus capensis, Delphinus dationum, Delphinus delphis, Delphinus domeykoi, Delphinus tropicalis, Lagenodelphis hosei, Eudelphinus compressus, Eudelphinus pliocaenus, Tursiops osennae, Tursiops astensis, Tursiops capellinii, Tursiops aduncus, Tursiops brocchii
Subtaxa: Tursiops truncatus gillii, Tursiops truncatus truncatus
Type specimen: BMNH 353 h-62.7.18.15, a skull. Its type locality is Duncannon Pool, which is in a Holocene coastal horizon in the United Kingdom.
Average measurements (in mm): humerus length 86.0, scapula length 174.0, skull 499.1 x 254.5
Estimated body mass: 198.8 kg based on humerus length