Pliodelphis
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Pliodelphis Temporal range: Early Pliocene (Zanclean),
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Holotype skull in dorsal view | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Artiodactyla |
Infraorder: | Cetacea |
Superfamily: | Delphinoidea |
Family: | Delphinidae |
Genus: | †Pliodelphis Belluzo & Lambert, 2021 |
Type species | |
†Pliodelphis doelensis Belluzo & Lambert, 2021
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Pliodelphis (meaning "Pliocene dolphin") is a genus of small delphinid (oceanic dolphin) cetaceans that lived in Belgium during the Early Miocene epoch, about 5 million to 4.4 million years ago. The genus contains the type species Pliodelphis doelensis, named and described in 2021 based on a partial skull recovered from the littoral Kattendijk Formation.[1]
See also
References
- ^ Belluzzo, A.; Lambert, O. (2021). "A new delphinid from the lower Pliocene of the North Sea and the early radiations of true dolphins". Fossil Record. 24 (1): 72−92. doi:10.5194/fr-24-77-2021.
External links
Media related to Pliodelphis at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Pliodelphis at Wikispecies
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- Prehistoric toothed whales
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