Leptodelphis stavropolitanus Kirpichnikov 1954 (toothed whale)

Mammalia - Cetacea - Kentriodontidae

Full reference: A. A. Kirpichnikov. 1954. Dva novykh roda delfinov iz sarmata SSSR. Trudy Paleontologicheskogo Instituta 47:181-190

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

See also Barnes 1985 and Kirpichnikov 1954

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: PIN 672, a skull. Its type locality is Stavropol, which is in a Sarmatian marine horizon in the Russian Federation.

Ecology: aquatic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Stavropol

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