Romaleodelphis pollerspoecki Sanchez-Posada et al. 2024 (toothed whale)

Mammalia - Cetacea

Full reference: C. Sanchez-Posada, R. A. Racicot, I. Ruf, M. Krings, and G. E. RoĢˆssner. 2024. Romaleodelphis pollerspoecki, gen. et sp. nov., an archaic dolphin from the Central Paratethys (Early Miocene, Austria). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Belongs to Romaleodelphis according to C. Sanchez-Posada et al. 2024

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: SNSB-BSPG 1992 I 10, a partial skull (incomplete skull (missing much of the basicranium, anterior apex of the rostrum, rostral portions of the maxilla, and posterior margin of the mandible). Both pe). Its type locality is Pucking, which is in an Aquitanian offshore claystone in the Ebelsberg Formation of Austria.

Ecology: aquatic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Pucking

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