Haborodelphis

Extinct genus of mammals

Haborodelphis
Temporal range: Early Pliocene
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Infraorder: Cetacea
Family: Monodontidae
Genus: Haborodelphis
Ichishima et al., 2018
Species:
H. japonicus
Binomial name
Haborodelphis japonicus
Ichishima et al., 2018

Haborodelphis is an extinct genus of beluga-like odontocete cetacean known from the Early Pliocene from the north-west Pacific. It was first named by Hiroto Ichishima and colleagues in 2018 and the type species is H. japonicus.[1]

References

  1. ^ "First monodontid cetacean (Odontoceti, Delphinoidea) from the early Pliocene of the north-western Pacific Ocean". Papers in Palaeontology. 5 (2): 323–342. 2019. doi:10.1002/spp2.1244.
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