Sinanodelphis Makiyama 1936 (toothed whale)

Mammalia - Cetacea

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

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Ecology: aquatic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Izumeda (Miocene of Japan)

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