†Miodelphinus Tanaka and Nakagawa 2024 (toothed whale)
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Mammalia - Cetacea - Squalodelphinidae
Full reference: Y. Tanaka and R. Nakagawa. 2024. A new platanistoid (Odontoceti: Squalodelphinidae) from the Early Miocene of Japan. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 22(1):2378783
Parent taxon: Squalodelphinidae according to Y. Tanaka and R. Nakagawa 2024
Sister taxa: Furcacetus, Huaridelphis, Macrosqualodelphis, Medocinia, Notocetus, Phocageneus, Squalodelphis
Subtaxa: Miodelphinus miensis
Type: Miodelphinus miensis
Ecology: aquatic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Nakaiu (Miocene of Japan)
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