Oligodelphis azerbajdzanicus Aslanova and Mchedlidze 1976 (toothed whale)

Mammalia - Cetacea

Full reference: S. M. Aslanova and G. A. Mchedlidze. 1976. Novyy rod semeystva Delphinidae na Kavkaze. Voprosy Paleontologii i Stratigrafii Azerbaydzhana = Azerbajdzhanyn Paleontolokija ve Stratigrafijasy Meseleleri, 1:181-188

Belongs to Oligodelphis according to H. Ichishima et al. 1995

See also Aslanova and Mchedlidze 1976, Barnes 1985 and Fordyce and de Muizon 2001

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: IPGAS C2/27, a partial skull. 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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