Brachydelphis Muizon 1988 (toothed whale)

Mammalia - Cetacea - Pontoporiidae

Full reference: C. Muizon. 1988. Les vertebres fossiles de la Formation Pisco (Perou). Troisieme partie: Les Odontocetes (Cetacea, Mammalia) du Miocene. Editions Recherche sur les Civilisations (78)1-244

Parent taxon: Pontoporiidae according to F. G. Marx et al. 2016

See also Benton 1993, Berta 2017, Cozzuol 1996, Cozzuol 2010, de Muizon 1988, Fordyce and de Muizon 2001, Geisler et al. 2012, Geisler et al. 2011, Geisler and Sanders 2003, Gutstein et al. 2009, Hamilton et al. 2001, McKenna and Bell 1997, Muizon 1988 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Auroracetus, Brachydelphininae, Lipotinae, Piscorhynchus, Pliopontos, Pontistes, Pontoporia, Pontoporiinae, Protophocaena, Samaydelphis, Scaldiporia, Stenasodelphis

Subtaxa: Brachydelphis jahuayensis Brachydelphis mazeasi

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Type: Brachydelphis mazeasi

Ecology: aquatic carnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of Chile (4 collections), Peru (8)

Total: 12 collections including 13 occurrences

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