Ninjadelphis ujiharai Kimura and Barnes 2016 (toothed whale)

Mammalia - Cetacea - Allodelphinidae

Full reference: T. Kimura and L. G. Barnes. 2016. New Miocene fossil Allodelphinidae (Cetacea, Odontoceti, Platanistoidea) from the North Pacific Ocean. Bulletin of the Gunma Museum of Natural History 20:1-58

Belongs to Ninjadelphis according to T. Kimura and L. G. Barnes 2016

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: GMNH-PV-2570, a partial skeleton (includes partial skull and ear bones). Its type locality is MIya River at Iga City, which is in a Burdigalian marine horizon in the Hiramatsu Formation of Japan.

Ecology: aquatic carnivore

Distribution: found only at MIya River at Iga City

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