Urkudelphis
Urkudelphis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Artiodactyla |
Infraorder: | Cetacea |
Superfamily: | Platanistoidea |
Genus: | †Urkudelphis Tanaka et al. 2017 |
Type species | |
Urkudelphis chawpipacha Tanaka et al. 2017
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Urkudelphis is an extinct genus of cetacean.[1] The type species, Urkudelphis chawpipacha, was described in 2017 based on fossils found in the Dos Bocas Formation of Ecuador.[2] It was a type of river dolphin.
References[]
- ^ Yoshihiro Tanaka; Juan Abella; Gabriel Aguirre-Fernández; Maria Gregori; R. Ewan Fordyce (2017). "A new tropical Oligocene dolphin from Montañita/Olón, Santa Elena, Ecuador". PLOS ONE. 12 (12): e0188380. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0188380. PMC 5737981. PMID 29261688.
- ^ Urkudelphis at Fossilworks.org
Categories:
- River dolphins
- Oligocene mammals of South America
- Deseadan
- Paleogene Ecuador
- Fossils of Ecuador
- Fossil taxa described in 2017
- Prehistoric cetacean stubs