†Leptodelphis stavropolitanus Kirpichnikov 1954 (toothed whale)
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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
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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