Orcinus citoniensis, an extinct species of toothed cetacean of the Delphinidae family identified at the end of the Pliocene, between 2 and 5 million years ago.
It was smaller than the modern killer whale (O. orca), may have reached 4 m in length (13 ft), and had around 8 more teeth in its jaw.
It may have resembled the modern killer whale in appearance and could represent something of a transition between the modern killer whale and other dolphins.
Orcinus citoniensis may have hunted large fish and squid in packs, and coexisted with other large predators of the time, such as the orcinine Hemisyntrachelus and the extinct shark Otodus megalodon.
Approximate measurements of the Orcinus:
It was smaller than the modern killer whale (O. orca), may have reached 4 m in length (13 ft), and had around 8 more teeth in its jaw.
It may have resembled the modern killer whale in appearance and could represent something of a transition between the modern killer whale and other dolphins.
Orcinus citoniensis may have hunted large fish and squid in packs, and coexisted with other large predators of the time, such as the orcinine Hemisyntrachelus and the extinct shark Otodus megalodon.
Approximate measurements of the Orcinus:
- 1:35 scale - 115mm
