Isoninia Godfrey et al. 2021 (toothed whale)

Mammalia - Cetacea - Iniidae

Full reference: S. J. Godfrey, C. S. Gutstein, and D. J. Morgan. 2021. A new odontocete (Inioidea, Odontoceti) from the late Neogene of North Carolina, USA. Fossil Record 24:275-285

Parent taxon: Iniidae according to S. J. Godfrey et al. 2021

Sister taxa: Goniodelphis, Inia, Iniinae, Ischyrorhynchus, Isthminia, Kwanzacetus, Meherrinia, Plicodontinia mourai, Pontoplanodidae, Saurocetes

Subtaxa: Isoninia borealis

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Type: Isoninia borealis

Ecology: aquatic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Meherrin River (Pliocene of North Carolina)

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