Pliodelphis

Pliodelphis
Temporal range: Early Pliocene (Zanclean),
Holotype skull in dorsal view
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Infraorder: Cetacea
Superfamily: Delphinoidea
Family: Delphinidae
Genus: †
Belluzo & Lambert, 2021
Type species
†Pliodelphis doelensis
Belluzo & Lambert, 2021

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]

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References

  1. ^ 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. Bibcode:2021FossR..24...77B. doi:10.5194/fr-24-77-2021.
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