Miodelphinus Tanaka and Nakagawa 2024 (toothed whale)

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

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Type: Miodelphinus miensis

Ecology: aquatic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Nakaiu (Miocene of Japan)

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