Biology:Ninjadelphis
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Short description: Extinct genus of mammals
Ninjadelphis | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Artiodactyla |
Infraorder: | Cetacea |
Superfamily: | Platanistoidea |
Family: | †Allodelphinidae |
Genus: | †Ninjadelphis Kimura and Barnes, 2016 |
Species: | †N. ujiharai
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Binomial name | |
†Ninjadelphis ujiharai Kimura and Barnes, 2016
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Ninjadelphis is an extinct genus of river dolphin from the early Miocene (Burdigalian) of Japan.
The generic name refers to the fact that the type locality, Iga, was a training center in Japan for ninja warriors.[1]
Description
Ninjadelphis is distinguished from other allodelphinids by having a trapezoidal shaped exposure of frontals on cranial vertex, a nuchal crest partly overhanging posterior end of maxilla, a wider basioccipital, and basioccipital crests widely diverging posteriorly .[1]
References
- ↑ Jump up to: 1.0 1.1 Toshiyuki Kimura and Lawrence G. Barnes (2016). New Miocene fossil Allodelphinidae (Cetacea, Odontoceti, Platanistoidea) from the North Pacific Ocean. Bulletin of the Gunma Museum of Natural History 20: 1–58.
Wikidata ☰ Q48808725 entry
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