Schizodelphis bogatshowi Mchedlidze 1964 (toothed whale)

Mammalia - Cetacea - Eurhinodelphinidae

Alternative combination: Cyrtodelphis bogatshowi

Full reference: G. A. Mchedlidze. 1964. Fossil Cetacea of the Caucasus 1-145

Belongs to Schizodelphis according to C. Muizon 1988

See also Mchedlidze 1964

Sister taxa: Aulacodelphis, Schizodelphis barnesi, Schizodelphis compressus, Schizodelphis morckhoviensis, Schizodelphis planus, Schizodelphis squalodontoides, Schizodelphis sulcatus

Type specimen: 222 Zarabi EIM, a partial skull. Its type locality is Perekishkyul, Miocene, which is in a Serravallian marine horizon in Azerbaijan.

Ecology: aquatic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Perekishkyul, Miocene

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