Mammalia - Cetacea - Monodontidae
Full reference: H. Ichishima, H. Furusawa, M. Tachibana and M. Kimura. 2019. First monodontid cetacean (Odontoceti, Delphinoidea) from the early Pliocene of the north-western Pacific Ocean. Papers in Palaeontology
Belongs to Haborodelphis according to H. Ichishima et al. 2019
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: SMAC1390, a partial skeleton (a single disarticulated skeleton, an incomplete skull missing most of the basicranium, with both tympanoperiotics, right mandible, partial atlas, several (at le). Its type locality is Haboro, Embetsu Formation, which is in a Zanclean marine mudstone/sandstone in the Embetsu Formation of Japan.
Ecology: aquatic piscivore
Distribution: found only at Haboro, Embetsu Formation
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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