Mammalia - Cetacea - Squalodelphinidae

Full reference: G. Bianucci, C. de Muizon, M. Urbina and O. Lambert. 2020. Extensive diversity and disparity of the early Miocene platanistoids (Cetacea, Odontoceti) in the Southeastern Pacific (Chilcatay Formation, Peru). Life 10(27):1-62

Parent taxon: Squalodelphinidae according to G. Bianucci et al. 2020

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

Subtaxa: Furcacetus flexirostrum

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Type: Furcacetus flexirostrum

Ecology: aquatic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Zamaca-Ullujaya area (Miocene of Peru)

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