Ninjadelphis Kimura and Barnes 2016 (toothed whale)

Mammalia - Cetacea - Allodelphinidae

Full reference: T. Kimura and L. G. Barnes. 2016. New Miocene fossil Allodelphinidae (Cetacea, Odontoceti, Platanistoidea) from the North Pacific Ocean. Bulletin of the Gunma Museum of Natural History 20:1-58

Parent taxon: Allodelphinidae according to S. J. Godfrey et al. 2017

See also Berta 2017 and Kimura and Barnes 2016

Sister taxa: Allodelphis, Arktocara, Goedertius, Zarhinocetus

Subtaxa: Ninjadelphis ujiharai

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Type: Ninjadelphis ujiharai

Ecology: aquatic carnivore

Distribution: found only at MIya River at Iga City (Miocene of Japan)

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