Mammalia - Cetacea - Squalodelphinidae
Alternative spelling: Medoicinia
Full reference: C. Muizon. 1988. Le polyphyletisme des Acrodelphidae, Odontocetes longirostres du Miocene europeen. Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histore Naturelle, Section C Sciences de la Terre, Paleontologie, Geologie, Minerologie 10:31-88
Parent taxon: Squalodelphinidae according to T. Kimura 2018
See also Benton 1993, Bianucci et al. 2018, Bianucci et al. 2015, Fordyce and de Muizon 2001, Geisler and Sanders 2003, Godfrey et al. 2017, Lambert et al. 2014, Marx et al. 2016, McKenna and Bell 1997, Muizon 1988, Muizon 1994, Nelson and Uhen 2018 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Furcacetus, Huaridelphis, Macrosqualodelphis, Miodelphinus, Notocetus, Phocageneus, Squalodelphis
Subtaxa: Medocinia tetragorhina
Ecology: aquatic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Saint-Medard-en-Jalle (Miocene of France)
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