Urkudelphis Tanaka et al. 2017 (toothed whale)

Mammalia - Cetacea

Full reference: Y. Tanaka, J. Abella, Gl Aguirre-Fernández, M. Gregori, and R. E. Fordyce. 2017. A new tropical Oligocene dolphin from Montañita/Oló, Santa Elena, Ecuador. PLoS One 12(12):e0188380

Parent taxon: Platanistoidea according to Y. Tanaka et al. 2017

Sister taxa: Allodelphinidae, Aondelphis, Awamokoa, Dalpiazinidae, Dolgopolis, Perditicetus, Prosqualodontidae, Waipatiidae

Subtaxa: Urkudelphis chawpipacha

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Type: Urkudelphis chawpipacha

Ecology: aquatic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Montañita/Olón (Oligocene of Ecuador)

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