Belonodelphis Muizon 1988 (toothed whale)

Mammalia - Cetacea - Kentriodontidae

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: Kentriodontinae according to F. G. Marx et al. 2016

See also Berta 2017, Cozzuol 1996, de Muizon 1988, Fordyce and de Muizon 2001, Ichishima et al. 1995, McKenna and Bell 1997 and Muizon 1988

Sister taxa: Delphinodon, Incacetus

Subtaxa: Belonodelphis peruanus

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Type: Belonodelphis peruanus

Ecology: aquatic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Cerro la Bruja (Miocene of Peru)

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