Mammalia - Cetacea - Delphinidae

Synonym: Eodelphis Murakami et al. 2014 [replaced name]

Full reference: M. Murakami, C. Shimada, Y. Hikida and Y. Soeda. 2014. Eodelphinus kabatensis, a replacement name for Eodelphis kabatensis (Cetacea: Delphinoidea: Delphinidae). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 34(5):1261

Parent taxon: Delphinidae according to F. G. Marx et al. 2016

See also Berta 2017, Murakami et al. 2014 and Murakami et al. 2014

Sister taxa: Arimidelphis, Australodelphis, Catodontina, Delphininae, Globicephalinae, Hemisyntrachelus, Lagenorhynchina, Lagenorhynchus, Lissodelphininae, Monoceratina, Norisdelphis, Orcaellinae, Orcina, Orcininae, Orcinus, Pliodelphis, Pseudorcaina, Sotalia, Steninae, Steno, Steno cudmorei, Stenonina, Stenoninae, Trispondylus, Tursiops miocaenus

Subtaxa: Eodelphinus kabatensis

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Ecology: aquatic piscivore-carnivore

Distribution: found only at Uryu (Miocene of Japan)

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