Iniopsis caucasica Lydekker 1892 (toothed whale)

Mammalia - Cetacea - Eurhinodelphinidae

Full reference: R. Lydekker. 1892. On Zeuglodont and other cetacean remains from the Tertiary of the Caucasus. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1892:558-564

Belongs to Iniopsis according to G. A. Mchedlidze 1976

See also Lydekker 1892, Mchedlidze 1962, Trouessart 1898 and Trouessart 1904

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Georgia Museum, M. G. Collection116-121, 116-13-17, a partial skull (hinder portion of a cranium, fragments of jaws and vertebrae). Its type locality is Perekishkyul, which is in a Chattian marine horizon in Azerbaijan.

Ecology: aquatic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Perekishkyul

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