Biology:Brujadelphis

Short description: Extinct genus of mammals

Brujadelphis Temporal range: Middle Miocene (Laventan) ~13.6–11.6 Ma PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Missing taxonomy template (fix):	Incertae sedis/Inioidea
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.

References

Bibliography

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

Wikidata ☰ Q48966823 entry