Miodelphis Wilson 1935 (toothed whale)

Mammalia - Cetacea

Full reference: L. E. Wilson. 1935. Miocene marine mammals from the Bakersfield region, California. The Peabody Museum of Natural History Bulletin 4:1-143

Parent taxon: Delphinida according to M. D. Uhen et al. 2008

See also Barnes 1977, Carroll 1988, Fordyce and de Muizon 2001, McKenna and Bell 1997, Mitchell and Tedford 1973, Sepkoski 2002 and Wilson 1935

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

Subtaxa: Miodelphis californicus

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Ecology: aquatic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Woody, southwest (Oligocene of California)

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