Iniopsis Lydekker 1892 (toothed whale)

Mammalia - Cetacea - Eurhinodelphinidae

Full reference: R. Lydekker. 1892. On Zeuglodont and other cetacean remains from the Tertiary of the Caucasus. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1892:558-564

Parent taxon: Eurhinodelphinidae according to A. Berta 2017

See also Barnes 1985, Carroll 1988, Fordyce and de Muizon 2001, Kellogg 1928, Lydekker 1892, Mchedlidze 1962, Mchedlidze 1976, McKenna and Bell 1997, Muizon 1990, Palmer 1904, Sepkoski 2002, Simpson 1945, Trouessart 1898, Trouessart 1904 and Uhen 2008

Sister taxa: Ceterhinops, Eurhinodelphis, Eurhinodelphis salentinus, Mycteriacetus, Phocaenopsis, Schizodelphis, Vanbreenia, Xiphiacetus, Ziphiodelphis

Subtaxa: Iniopsis caucasica

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Type: Iniopsis caucasica

Ecology: aquatic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Perekishkyul (Oligocene of Azerbaijan)

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