†Sinanodelphis Makiyama 1936 (toothed whale)
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Full reference: J. Makiyama. 1936. Sinanodelphis izumidaenis, a new Miocene dolphin of Japan. Memoirs of the College of Science, Kyoto Imperial University, Series B 11(2):115-134
Parent taxon: Delphinoidea according to M. Murakami et al. 2014
See also Fordyce and de Muizon 2001, Makiyama 1936 and McKenna and Bell 1997
Sister taxa: Albireonidae, Delphinidae, Eurhinodelphis pacificus, Monodontidae, Odobenocetopsidae, Palaeophocaena, Phocoenidae, Prionodelphis, Protodelphinus
Subtaxa: Sinanodelphis izumidaensis
Ecology: aquatic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Izumeda (Miocene of Japan)
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