Biology:Urkudelphis
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Short description: Extinct genus of cetaceans
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Infraorder: | Cetacea |
| Genus: | †Urkudelphis Tanaka et al. 2017 |
| Species: | †U. chawpipacha
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| †Urkudelphis chawpipacha Tanaka et al. 2017
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Urkudelphis is an extinct genus of cetacean.[1] The type species, Urkudelphis chawpipacha, was described in 2017 based on fossils found in the Dos Bocas Formation of Ecuador.[2] It was a type of river dolphin.
References
- ↑ Yoshihiro Tanaka; Juan Abella; Gabriel Aguirre-Fernández; Maria Gregori; R. Ewan Fordyce (2017). "A new tropical Oligocene dolphin from Montañita/Olón, Santa Elena, Ecuador". PLOS ONE 12 (12): e0188380. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0188380. PMID 29261688. Bibcode: 2017PLoSO..1288380T.
- ↑ Urkudelphis at Fossilworks.org
Wikidata ☰ Q48812913 entry
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