Brujadelphis
| Brujadelphis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Infraorder: | Cetacea |
| Superfamily: | Inioidea |
| Family: | incertae sedis |
| Genus: | †Brujadelphis Lambert et al. 2017 |
| Type species | |
| Brujadelphis ankylorostris Lambert et al. 2017
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Brujadelphis is an extinct genus of river dolphin-like cetaceans of uncertain family placement from the Late Miocene epoch (Serravallian) of present-day Peru. The type species is Brujadelphis ankylorostris, recovered from the Pisco Formation.[1]
References[]
- ^ Lambert et al., 2017
Bibliography[]
- ; ; , and . 2017. A new inioid (Cetacea, Odontoceti, Delphinida) from the Miocene of Peru and the origin of modern dolphin and porpoise families. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 179. 919–946. Accessed 2019-02-12.
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Categories:
- Miocene cetaceans
- Miocene mammals of South America
- Serravallian life
- Laventan
- Neogene Peru
- Fossils of Peru
- Pisco Formation
- Fossil taxa described in 2017
- Prehistoric cetacean stubs