Hadrodelphis Kellogg 1966 (toothed whale)

Mammalia - Cetacea

Full reference: R. Kellogg. 1966. A new odontocete from the Calvert Miocene of Maryland. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 247(4):99-101

Parent taxon: Delphinida according to C. Peredo et al. 2018

See also Berta 2017, Carroll 1988, Dawson 1996, de Muizon 1988, Fordyce and de Muizon 2001, Ginsburg and Janvier 1971, Ginsburg and Janvier 1975, Godfrey and Lambert 2023, Gottfried et al. 1994, Guo and Kohno 2023, Hastings and Dooley 2017, Ichishima et al. 1995, Marx et al. 2016, McKenna and Bell 1997, Morgan 1994, Sepkoski 2002, Uhen et al. 2008 and Valerio and Laurito 2012

Sister taxa: Anacharsis, Atocetus, Brevirostrodelphis, Cammackacetus, Delphinavus, Delphinoidea, Herbeinodelphis, Inioidea, Kentriodontidae, Kentriodontoidea, Liolithax, Lipotidae, Lipotoidea, Macrokentriodon, Miminiacetus, Miodelphis, Monodontoidae, Pictodelphis, Pithanodelphis, Platylithax, Tagicetus, Westmorelandelphis

Subtaxa: Hadrodelphis calvertense Hadrodelphis poseidon

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Ecology: aquatic carnivore

Distribution:

• Hemphillian of Costa Rica (1 collection), United States (1: Florida)

• Miocene of France (3), United States (6: Maryland, Virginia)

Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence

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