Mammalia - Cetacea - Monodontidae

Full reference: H. Ichishima, H. Furusawa, M. Tachibana and M. Kimura. 2019. First monodontid cetacean (Odontoceti, Delphinoidea) from the early Pliocene of the north-western Pacific Ocean. Papers in Palaeontology

Parent taxon: Monodontidae according to H. Ichishima et al. 2019

Sister taxa: Bohaskaia, Casatia, Delphinapterinae, Delphinapterus, Denebola, Monodon, Monodontinae

Subtaxa: Haborodelphis japonicus

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Type: Haborodelphis japonicus

Ecology: aquatic piscivore

Distribution: found only at Haboro, Embetsu Formation (Pliocene of Japan)

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