Biology:Urkudelphis

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Short description: Extinct genus of cetaceans

Urkudelphis
Temporal range: Late Oligocene (Deseadan)
~28–23 Ma
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Infraorder: Cetacea
Genus: Urkudelphis
Tanaka et al. 2017
Species:
U. chawpipacha
Binomial name
Urkudelphis chawpipacha
Tanaka et al. 2017

Urkudelphis is an extinct genus of cetacean.[1] The type species, Urkudelphis chawpipacha, was described in 2017 based on fossils found in the Dos Bocas Formation of Ecuador.[2] It was a type of river dolphin.

References

  1. Yoshihiro Tanaka; Juan Abella; Gabriel Aguirre-Fernández; Maria Gregori; R. Ewan Fordyce (2017). "A new tropical Oligocene dolphin from Montañita/Olón, Santa Elena, Ecuador". PLOS ONE 12 (12): e0188380. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0188380. PMID 29261688. Bibcode2017PLoSO..1288380T. 
  2. Urkudelphis at Fossilworks.org

Wikidata ☰ Q48812913 entry