Samaydelphis Lambert et al. 2021 (toothed whale)

Mammalia - Cetacea - Pontoporiidae

Full reference: O. Lambert, A. Collareta, A. Benites-Palomino, C. Di Celma, C. Muizon, M. Urbina, and G. Bianucci. 2021. A new small, mesorostrine inioid (Cetacea, Odontoceti, Delphinida) from four upper Miocene localities in the Pisco Basin, Peru. Papers in Palaeontology 7(2):1043-1064

Parent taxon: Pontoporiidae according to O. Lambert et al. 2021

Sister taxa: Auroracetus, Brachydelphininae, Brachydelphis, Lipotinae, Piscorhynchus, Pliopontos, Pontistes, Pontoporia, Pontoporiinae, Protophocaena, Scaldiporia, Stenasodelphis

Subtaxa: Samaydelphis chacaltanae

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Type: Samaydelphis chacaltanae

Ecology: aquatic carnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of Peru (5 collections)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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