†Meherrinia Geisler et al. 2012 (toothed whale)
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Full reference: J. H. Geisler, S. J. Godfrey, and O. Lambert. 2012. A new genus and species of late Miocene inioid (Cetacea, Odontoceti) from the Meherrin River, North Carolina, U.S.A. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 32(1):198-211
Parent taxon: Iniidae according to F. G. Marx et al. 2016
See also Berta 2017 and Geisler et al. 2012
Sister taxa: Goniodelphis, Inia, Iniinae, Ischyrorhynchus, Isoninia, Isthminia, Kwanzacetus, Plicodontinia mourai, Pontoplanodidae, Saurocetes
Subtaxa: Meherrinia isoni
Type: Meherrinia isoni
Ecology: aquatic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Meherrin River (Pliocene of North Carolina)
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