Pliodelphis (meaning "Pliocene dolphin") is a genus of small delphinid (oceanic dolphin) cetaceans that lived in Belgium during the Early Miocene epoch, about 5 million to 4.4 million years ago. The genus contains the type species Pliodelphis doelensis, named and described in 2021 based on a partial skull recovered from the littoral Kattendijk Formation.[1]
See also
References
- ^ Belluzzo, A.; Lambert, O. (2021). "A new delphinid from the lower Pliocene of the North Sea and the early radiations of true dolphins". Fossil Record. 24 (1): 72−92. Bibcode:2021FossR..24...77B. doi:10.5194/fr-24-77-2021.
External links
Media related to Pliodelphis at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Pliodelphis at Wikispecies
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