†Belonodelphis Muizon 1988 (toothed whale)
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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
Type: Belonodelphis peruanus
Ecology: aquatic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Cerro la Bruja (Miocene of Peru)
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