Biology:Haborodelphis

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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]

The type fossil was found in the Embetsu Formation in Haboro, Japan.[1] There is only one known specimen as of 2021.[2]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Ichishima, Hiroto; Furusawa, Hitoshi; Tachibana, Makino; Kimura, Masaichi (2019). "First monodontid cetacean (Odontoceti, Delphinoidea) from the early Pliocene of the north-western Pacific Ocean". Papers in Palaeontology 5 (2): 323–342. doi:10.1002/spp2.1244. Bibcode2019PPal....5..323I. 
  2. Merella, Marco; Collareta, Alberto; Granata, Valerio; Casati, Simone; Bianucci, Giovanni (2021), A SECOND SPECIMEN OF THE ARCHAIC MEDITERRANEAN MONODONTID CETACEAN CASATIA THERMOPHILA FROM THE ZANCLEAN DEPOSITS OF ARCILLE (TUSCANY, ITALY), ITA, https://arpi.unipi.it/handle/11568/1117342, retrieved 2025-03-24 

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