Brujadelphis

Brujadelphis
Temporal range: Middle Miocene (Laventan)
~13.6–11.6 Ma
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[edit]

  1. ^ Lambert et al., 2017

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