Dilophodelphis fordycei Boersma et al. 2017 (toothed whale)

Mammalia - Cetacea - Platanistidae

Full reference: A. T. Boersma, M. R. McCurry, and N. D. Pyenson. 2017. A new fossil dolphin Dilophodelphis fordycei provides insight into the evolution of supraorbital crests in Platanistoidea (Mammalia, Cetacea). Royal Society Open Science

Belongs to Dilophodelphis according to A. T. Boersma et al. 2017

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: USNM 214911 , a skull (skull with periotics, missing bullae). Its type locality is Nye Beach, which is in a Burdigalian marine horizon in the Astoria Formation of Oregon.

Ecology: aquatic piscivore

Distribution: found only at Nye Beach

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