Brujadelphis

Extinct genus of mammals

Brujadelphis
Temporal range: Middle Miocene (Laventan)
~13.6–11.6 Ma
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Infraorder: Cetacea
Family: incertae sedis
Genus: Brujadelphis
Lambert et al. 2017
Species:
B. ankylorostris
Binomial name
Brujadelphis ankylorostris
Lambert et al. 2017

Brujadelphis is an extinct genus of river dolphin-like cetaceans of uncertain family placement from the Late Miocene epoch (Serravallian) of present-day Peru. The type species is Brujadelphis ankylorostris, recovered from the Pisco Formation.[1]

References

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  1. ^ Lambert et al., 2017

Bibliography

  • Lambert, Olivier; Bianucci, Giovanni; Urbina, Mario; Geisler, Jonathan H. (2017), "A new inioid (Cetacea, Odontoceti, Delphinida) from the Miocene of Peru and the origin of modern dolphin and porpoise families" (PDF), Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 179 (4): 919–946, retrieved 2019-02-12
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Brujadelphis


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