Biology:Stenasodelphis
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Short description: Extinct genus of dolphin
| Stenasodelphis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Infraorder: | Cetacea |
| Family: | Pontoporiidae |
| Genus: | †Stenasodelphis Godfrey & Barnes, 2008 |
| Species: | †S. russellae
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| Binomial name | |
| †Stenasodelphis russellae Godfrey & Barnes, 2008
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Stenasodelphis is an extinct genus of pontoporiid dolphin from the mid-late Miocene epoch. Its name roughly translates to "the narrow-nosed dolphin." The genus is currently monotypic, containing only the species S. russellae. The specific epithet honors Mrs. Jean Hopper (née Russell), who discovered the holotype. It was found in material derived from zone 22-23 of St. Marys Formation, which dates to the early Tortonian.[1]
References
- ↑ Godfrey, Stephen J.; Barnes, Lawrence G. (2008-06-12). [520:ANGASO2.0.CO;2 "A new genus and species of late Miocene pontoporiid dolphin (Cetacea: Odontoceti) from the St. Marys Formation in Maryland"]. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 28 (2): 520–528. doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2008)28[520:ANGASO2.0.CO;2]. ISSN 0272-4634. https://doi.org/10.1671/0272-4634(2008)28[520:ANGASO]2.0.CO;2.
Wikidata ☰ Q98768479 entry
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