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Tursiops

Mammalia - Cetacea - Delphinidae

Taxonomy
Tursiops was named by Gervais (1855) [Sepkoski's age data: T Mi-m R Sepkoski's reference number: 1066]. It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Delphinus by Hassanin et al. (2012).

It was assigned to Lagenorhynchini by Winge (1921); to Cetacea by Sepkoski (2002); to Delphinidae by Lydekker (1887), Ameghino (1889), Flores (1895), Trouessart (1898), Trouessart (1904), Palmer (1904), Turner (1912), Zittel (1925), Kellogg (1928), Dal Piaz (1929), Simpson (1945), Ellerman and Morrisson-Scott (1951), Sherman (1952), Barnes (1977), Pilleri (1987), Carroll (1988), Benton (1993), Rice (1998), Geisler and Sanders (2003), Mead and Brownell (2005), Whitmore and Kaltenbach (2008), Uhen et al. (2008), Moura et al. (2013), Murakami et al. (2014); and to Delphininae by Gill (1871), Gill (1872), Weber (1928), Fraser and Purves (1960), Scheffer and Rice (1963), Kasuya (1973), de Muizon (1988), Vidal (1991), McKenna and Bell (1997), LeDuc et al. (1999), Fordyce and de Muizon (2001), Buchholtz and Schur (2004), Agnarsson and May-Collado (2008), Charlton-Robb et al. (2011), Geisler et al. (2011), Perrin et al. (2013), Marx et al. (2016).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1848Delphinus perniger Blyth
1855Tursiops Gervais p. 323
1866Delphinus perniger Gray p. 249
1871Tursiops Gill p. 125
1872Tursiops Gill p. 95
1873Delphinus perniger Scott p. 74
1874Delphinus caerulescens Giglioli
1884Tursiops subridens True
1887Tursiops Lydekker p. 81
1889Tursiops Ameghino p. 885
1895Tursiops Flores p. 12
1898Tursiops Trouessart p. 1029
1904Tursiops Palmer p. 697
1904Tursiops Trouessart p. 764
1912Tursiops Turner p. 134
1921Tursiops Winge p. 36
1925Tursiops Zittel p. 87
1928Tursiops Kellogg p. 33 figs. Table 1
1928Tursiops Weber p. 389
1929Tursiops Dal Piaz p. 84
1945Tursiops Simpson p. 104
1951Tursiops Ellerman and Morrisson-Scott p. 735
1952Tursiops Sherman p. 99
1960Tursiops Fraser and Purves p. 112 figs. Figure 26
1963Tursiops Scheffer and Rice p. 7
1973Tursiops Kasuya p. 61
1977Tursiops Barnes p. 323 figs. Table 1
1987Tursiops Pilleri p. 53
1988Tursiops Carroll
1988Tursiops de Muizon p. 162
1991Tursiops Vidal p. 5
1993Tursiops Benton p. 762
1995Tursiops subridens Mead and Potter p. 37
1997Tursiops McKenna and Bell p. 385
1998Tursiops Rice p. 105
1999Tursiops LeDuc et al. p. 639 figs. Figure 2
2001Tursiops Fordyce and de Muizon p. 179
2002Tursiops Sepkoski
2003Tursiops Geisler and Sanders p. 28
2004Tursiops Buchholtz and Schur p. 384 figs. Figure 1
2005Tursiops Mead and Brownell p. 734
2008Tursiops Agnarsson and May-Collado p. 981 figs. Fig. 2
2008Tursiops Uhen et al. p. 594
2008Tursiops Whitmore and Kaltenbach p. 225
2011Tursiops Charlton-Robb et al. p. 13
2011Tursiops Geisler et al. p. 6 figs. Table 1
2013Tursiops Moura et al. p. 870
2013Tursiops Perrin et al. p. 571
2014Tursiops Murakami et al. p. 492 figs. Table 1
2016Tursiops Marx et al. p. 140

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
RankNameAuthor
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Artiodactylamorpha
—Artiodactyla()
—Whippomorpha
orderCetacea
—Pelagiceti
—Neoceti
suborderOdontoceti
infraorderDelphinida
superfamilyDelphinoidea
familyDelphinidae
subfamilyDelphininae
genusTursiops

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Tursiops Gervais 1855
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Tursiops aduncus Ehrenberg 1832
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Invalid names: Delphinus (Steno) gadamu Owen 1866 [synonym], Delphinus (Steno) maculiventer Owen 1866 [synonym], Delphinus abusalam Ruppell 1842 [synonym], Delphinus hamatus Wiegmann 1841 [synonym], Delphinus salam Van Beneden 1886 [synonym], Sotalia perniger Trouessart 1898 [synonym], Tursiops australis Charlton-Robb et al. 2011 [synonym], Tursiops catalania Gray 1862 [synonym], Tursiops fergusoni Lydekker 1903 [synonym]
†Tursiops astensis Sacco 1891
†Tursiops brochii Balsamo Crivelli 1842
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Invalid names: Delphinapterus brocchii Brandt 1873 [synonym]
Tursiops truncatus Gray 1866 [common bottlenose dolphin]
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Invalid names: Delphinus compressicauda Lesson 1828 [synonym], Delphinus cymodoce Gray 1846 [synonym], Delphinus erebennus Cope 1865 [synonym], Delphinus eurynome Gray 1846 [synonym], Delphinus metis Gray 1846 [synonym], Delphinus nesarnack Lacépède 1804 [synonym], Delphinus tursio Gunnerus 1768 [synonym], Tursio catalania Gray 1844 [synonym], Tursiops dawsoni Lydekker 1909 [synonym], Tursiops gephyreus Lahille 1908 [synonym], Tursiops maugeanus Iredale and Troughton 1934 [synonym], Tursiops nuuanu Andrews 1911 [synonym], Tursiops parvimanus Van Beneden 1886 [synonym], Tursiops ponticus Barabash-Nikiforov 1940 [synonym], Tursiops tursio Bonnaterre 1789 [synonym], Tursiops tursio obtusus Schlegel 1862 [synonym]
Invalid names: Delphinus caerulescens Giglioli 1874 [nomen dubium], Delphinus perniger Blyth 1848 [nomen dubium], Tursiops subridens True 1884 [nomen nudum]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean

Composition: hydroxyapatitesubo
Form: roller-shapedo
Ontogeny: modification of partso
Environment: marine, freshwatersubo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: aquatico
Depth habitat: surfaceo
Diet: piscivoref
Diet 2: carnivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubo
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-06-08 12:11:09
Source: f = family, subo = suborder, o = order
References: Nowak 1991, Uhen 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Zanclean to the top of the Holocene or 5.33300 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 3.6 Ma

Collections (52 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Messinian - Early/Lower Pleistocene7.246 - 0.774Netherlands T. sp. (189573)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Australia (Victoria) T. sp. (51328)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Italy (Asti) T. cortesii (86305)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Italy Delphinus brocchii (84944) T. cortesii (57731)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (North Carolina) T. sp. (52582)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Belgium (Turnhout) T. sp. (77492)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Italy (Siena) T. sp. (49690)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Italy T. sp. (87788)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Italy (Tuscany) T. brocchii (48645)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Italy T. sp., Delphinus brocchii (47428)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774United Kingdom (England) T. tursio (77750)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117United Kingdom (England) T. tursio (73730)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Japan (Chiba) T. sp. (133432)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (South Carolina) T. truncatus (65405)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Netherlands T. truncatus (53897)
Rancholabrean0.21 - 0.014USA (California) T. sp. (84896)
Rancholabrean (glacial)0.21 - 0.014USA (California) T. sp. (20624)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Maryland) T. sp. (48886)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) T. sp. (20636)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117United Kingdom T. tursio (93820)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Spain T. truncatus (90036)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Spain T. truncatus (215723)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Argentina T. gephyreus (219057)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Denmark T. truncatus (159711)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Netherlands T. truncatus (55533 190347 190348)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Bulgaria T. truncatus (232847)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Brazil T. truncatus (168094)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (California) T. gilli (86891)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Italy T. truncatus (221525)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0China (Jiangsu) T. sp. (55605)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Turkey T. truncatus (235083 235089)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Angola T. truncatus (168095)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Japan T. truncatus (54129)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Ukraine T. truncatus (235085)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Mexico (Baja California) T. truncatus (75142 201786)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0India T. truncatus (168097)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Australia (Tasmania) T. maugeanus (154229)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Chile T. truncatus (168096)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Tanzania T. aduncus (82087)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0United Kingdom (England) Delphinus truncatus (86890) T. truncatus (238946)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Panama T. truncatus (179577)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Eritrea Delphinus aduncus (86889)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0New Caledonia T. aduncus (83454) T. sp. (83457 83458)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Virginia) T. truncatus (168093)