Mammalia - Cetacea - Squalodelphinidae

Full reference: G. Bianucci, G. Bosio, E. Malinverno, C. Muizon, I. M. Villa, M. Urbina, and O. Lambert. 2018. A new large squalodelphinid (Cetacea, Odontoceti) from Peru sheds light on the Early Miocene platanistoid disparity and ecology. Royal Society Open Science 5(4):172302

Parent taxon: Squalodelphinidae according to G. Bianucci et al. 2018

Sister taxa: Furcacetus, Huaridelphis, Medocinia, Miodelphinus, Notocetus, Phocageneus, Squalodelphis

Subtaxa: Macrosqualodelphis ukupachai

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Type: Macrosqualodelphis ukupachai

Ecology: aquatic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Cerro Colorado Macrosqualodelphis type locality (Miocene of Peru)

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