Norisdelphis annakaensis Kimura and Hasegawa 2020 (dolphin)

Mammalia - Cetacea - Delphinidae

Full reference: T. Kimura and Y. Hasegawa. 2020. Norisdelphis annakaensis, a new Miocene delphinid from Japan. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology e1762628

Belongs to Norisdelphis according to T. Kimura and Y. Hasegawa 2020

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: GMNH-PV-3463, a partial skull (with isolated left tympa- nic bulla and single tooth firmly attached to the cranium). Its type locality is Usui River, which is in a Tortonian marine horizon in the Haraichi Formation of Japan.

Ecology: aquatic piscivore-carnivore

Distribution: found only at Usui River

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