Anacharsis Bogachev 1956 (toothed whale)

Mammalia - Cetacea

Full reference: V. V. Bogachev. 1956. A Sarmatian dolphin Anacharsis orbus from the vicinity of Stavropol in the Caucasus. Materialy po izucheniiĆ» Stavropol'skogo KraiĆ¢ 8:237-254

Parent taxon: Delphinida according to M. Murakami et al. 2014

See also Bogachev 1956, Carroll 1988, Mchedlidze 1964, McKenna and Bell 1997 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Atocetus, Brevirostrodelphis, Cammackacetus, Delphinavus, Delphinoidea, Hadrodelphis, Herbeinodelphis, Inioidea, Kentriodontidae, Kentriodontoidea, Liolithax, Lipotidae, Lipotoidea, Macrokentriodon, Miminiacetus, Miodelphis, Monodontoidae, Pictodelphis, Pithanodelphis, Platylithax, Tagicetus, Westmorelandelphis

Subtaxa: Anacharsis orbus

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Type: Anacharsis orbus

Ecology: aquatic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Stavropol (Miocene of Russian Federation)

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