Grimadelphis Godfrey and Lambert 2023 (toothed whale)

Mammalia - Cetacea - Platanistidae

Full reference: S. J. Godfrey and O. Lambert. 2023. Miocene Toothed Whales (Odontoceti) from Calvert Cliffs, Atlantic Coastal Plain, USA. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 107:29-186

Parent taxon: Platanistidae according to S. J. Godfrey and O. Lambert 2023

Sister taxa: Araeodelphis, Argyrocetinae, Dilophodelphis, Pachyacanthus, Pebanista, Platanista, Platanistinae, Pomatodelphininae, Pomatodelphis, Tachyrgrhynchus, Zarhachis

Subtaxa: Grimadelphis spectorum

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Type: Grimadelphis spectorum

Ecology: aquatic piscivore

Distribution: found only at Popes Creek south, Zone 2-3b (Miocene of Maryland)

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