Mammalia - Cetacea

Full reference: M. Murakami. 2016. A new extinct inioid (Cetacea, Odontoceti) from the upper Miocene Senhata Formation, Chiba, central Japan: the first record of Inioidea from the North Pacific Ocean. Paleontological Research 20(3):207-225

Parent taxon: Inioidea according to M. Murakami 2016

Sister taxa: Brujadelphis, Iniidae, Paninia, Pontoporiidae

Subtaxa: Awadelphis hirayamai

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Type: Awadelphis hirayamai

Ecology: aquatic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Towa Stone Limited (Miocene to Pliocene of Japan)

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