| Urkudelphis | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Infraorder: | Cetacea |
| Genus: | †
Urkudelphis Tanaka et al. 2017 |
| Species: | †U. chawpipacha
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| Binomial name | |
| †Urkudelphis chawpipacha Tanaka et al. 2017
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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
- ^ 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. Bibcode: 2017PLoSO..1288380T. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0188380. PMC 5737981. PMID 29261688.
- ^ Urkudelphis at Fossilworks.org
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| Urkudelphis | |
|---|---|
|
Scientific classification
| |
| 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
- ^ 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. Bibcode: 2017PLoSO..1288380T. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0188380. PMC 5737981. PMID 29261688.
- ^ Urkudelphis at Fossilworks.org
|
| This prehistoric cetacean-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |