Huaridelphis raimondii Lambert et al. 2014 (toothed whale)

Mammalia - Cetacea - Squalodelphinidae

Full reference: O. Lambert, G. Bianucci, and M. Urbina. 2014. Huaridelphis raimondii, a new early Miocene Squalodelphinidae (Cetacea, Odontoceti) from the Chilcatay Formation, Peru. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 34(5):987-1004

Belongs to Huaridelphis according to O. Lambert et al. 2014

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: MUSM 1396, a skull (well-preserved skull with the ven- tral-most portion of the basicranium worn along an horizontal plane (basioccipital crests, ventral part of exoccipitals, and ). Its type locality is Ullujaya, which is in a Burdigalian marine horizon in the Chilcatay Formation of Peru.

Ecology: aquatic carnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of Peru (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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