Hadrodelphis calvertense 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

Belongs to Hadrodelphis according to C. Peredo et al. 2018

See also Dawson 1996, Godfrey and Lambert 2023, Gottfried et al. 1994, Hastings and Dooley 2017, Ichishima et al. 1995, Kellogg 1966 and Uhen et al. 2008

Sister taxon: Hadrodelphis poseidon

Type specimen: USNM 23408, a skull. Its type locality is Governor Run, north of, Zone 13, which is in a Langhian estuary/bay claystone in the Calvert Formation of Maryland.

Ecology: aquatic carnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of United States (4: Maryland, Virginia collections)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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