Full reference: I. M. Siryk and I. A. Dubrovo. 1970. Fossil whale in the Miocene sediments of southern Sakhalin. Geologiya i Geofizika 1970(9):123-129
Parent taxon: Odontoceti according to Y. Tanaka and R. E. Fordyce 2014
See also Carroll 1988, Dubrovo 1971, Fordyce 1994, Fordyce and de Muizon 2001, Geisler and Sanders 2003, McKenna and Bell 1997, Sepkoski 2002 and Siryk and Dubrovo 1970
Sister taxa: Acrodelphinidae, Agorophioidea, Agriocetus, Amblyoccipita, Argyrocetus, Ashleycetidae, Atropatenocetus, Aureia, Balaenodon, Belosphys, Berardiopsis, Caolodelphis, Cetophis, Champsodelphis, Chilcacetus, Colophonodon, Delphinapterus orcinus, Delphinida, Delphinoceti, Delphinodon mento, Delphinopsis, Delphinorhynchus, Delphinus domeykoi, Delphinus restitutensis, Delphinus vanzelleri, Dinoziphius, Ediscetus, Enigmatocetus, Eurhinodelphinida, Eurhinodelphinidae, Eurhinodelphis minoensis, Eurhinodelphis sassariensis, Graamocetus, Graphiodon, Helvicetus, Helvicetus rugosus, Hesperocetus, Hesperoinia, Homaeocetus, Homocetus villersii, Hyperoodontoidea, Inticetidae, Ixacanthus, Kharthlidelphis, Lonchodelphis, Macrochirifer, Macrodelphinus, Microcetus, Miokogia, Miotursiops, Mirocetidae, Monodontoidea, Nannolithax, Neosqualodon, Nihohae, Oedolithax, Oligodelphis, Oligosqualodon, Palaeoziphius, Pandelphinida, Panphyseteroidea, Parapontoporiidae, Parasqualodon, Patriocetidae, Pelodelphis, Phoberodon, Phoca debilis, Phoca rugosidens, Phococetus, Physeteroidea, Physetodon, Platanidelphidi, Platanistida, Platanistoidea, Platydelphis, Pontivaga, Priscodelphinus, Priscodelphinus teres, Priscophyseter, Prolipotes, Prophyseter, Prosqualodon, Proterocetus, Rhabdosteoidea, Rhabdosteus, Rhabodosteus, Saurocetus, Saurocetus gibbesii, Scaptodon, Scaptodon lodderi, Squaloceti, Squalodelphis pusillus, Squalodon (Microzeuglodon) wingei, Squalodon crassus, Squalodon kelloggi, Squalodon pelagius, Squalodon wymanii, Squalodontoidea, Stereodelphis, Sulakocetus, Synrhina, Tretosphys, Tretosphys uraeus, Uncamentodon, Xenorophidae, Zignodelphinidae, Ziphioidea, Susoidea
Subtaxa: Sachalinocetus cholmicus
Ecology: aquatic carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of the Russian Federation (1 collection)
• Oligocene of Japan (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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