†Grimadelphis Godfrey and Lambert 2023 (toothed whale)
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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
Type: Grimadelphis spectorum
Ecology: aquatic piscivore
Distribution: found only at Popes Creek south, Zone 2-3b (Miocene of Maryland)
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