Mammalia - Cetacea - Squaloziphiidae

Full reference: O. Lambert, S. J. Godfrey, and E. M. G. Fitzgerald. 2019. Yaquinacetus meadi, a new latest Oligocene–early Miocene dolphin (Cetacea, Odontoceti, Squaloziphiidae, fam. nov.) from the Nye Mudstone (Oregon, U.S.A.). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology e1559174

Parent taxon: Squaloziphiidae according to O. Lambert et al. 2019

See also Boessenecker and Geisler 2023

Sister taxa: Crisocetus, Squaloziphius

Subtaxa: Yaquinacetus meadi

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Type: Yaquinacetus meadi

Ecology: aquatic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Thiel Creek, north (Oligocene to Miocene of Oregon)

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