Heterodelphis Brandt 1873 (toothed whale)

Mammalia - Cetacea - Kentriodontidae

Full reference: J. F. Brandt. 1873. Untersuchungen über die fossilen und subfossilen cetaceen Europa's. Mémoires de L'Académie Impériale des Sciences de Saint-Petersbourg, Series 7 20(1):1-372

Parent taxon: Kentriodontidae according to A. Berta 2017

See also Abel 1905, Carroll 1988, de Muizon 1988, Fordyce and de Muizon 2001, Kazár 2006, Kellogg 1928, McKenna and Bell 1997, Sepkoski 2002, Simpson 1945, Trouessart 1898, Trouessart 1904, Winge 1921 and Zittel 1925

Sister taxa: Imerodelphis, Kampholophinae, Kampholophos, Kentriodon, Kentriodontinae, Lamprolithax, Lophocetinae, Microphocaena, Pithanodelphininae, Portheus patagonicus, Rudicetus, Wimahl

Subtaxa: Heterodelphis croatica Heterodelphis klinderi Heterodelphis leiodontus

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Type: Heterodelphis klinderi

Ecology: aquatic carnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of Austria (1 collection), Croatia (1), Ukraine (1)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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