Hadrodelphis poseidon Ginsburg and Janvier 1971 (toothed whale)

Mammalia - Cetacea

Full reference: L. Ginsburg and P. Janvier. 1971. Les mamiferes marins des faluns miocenes de la Touraine et de l'Anjou. Bulletin du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Sciences de la Terre 6(22):161-195

Belongs to Hadrodelphis according to H. Ichishima et al. 1995

See also Ginsburg and Janvier 1971

Sister taxon: Hadrodelphis calvertense

Type specimen: Fs 931, Museum, Paris, a tooth. Its type locality is Pelmer, which is in a Langhian/Tortonian marine sandstone in France.

Ecology: aquatic carnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of France (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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