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Brachydelphis

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Extinct genus of whales

Brachydelphis
Temporal range:Late Miocene
~11–5.3 Ma
B. mazeasi skull (MNHN.F.PPI266) at theNational Museum of Natural History, France
Scientific classificationEdit this classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Mammalia
Order:Artiodactyla
Infraorder:Cetacea
Family:Pontoporiidae
Genus:Brachydelphis
De Muizon 1988
Species
  • B. jahuayensisLambert & De Muizon 2013
  • B. mazeasiDe Muizon 1988 (type)

Brachydelphis is a genus ofpontoporiid known from the Late MiocenePisco Formation of Peru and theBahía Inglesa Formation of Chile.

Taxonomy

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Two species are recognized,B. jahuayensis andB. mazeasi.B. mazeasi has a shortened rostrum that givesBrachydelphis its name,[1]B. jahuayensis differs from the type species in having a longer snout and higher tooth count.[2]

Biology

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Brachydelphis mazeasi was capable of suction-feeding judging from its short rostrum, but the longer rostrum ofB. jahauyensis allowed it to capture small prey items.[2]

See also

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References

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  1. ^C. de Muizon. 1988. Les vertebres fossiles de la Formation Pisco (Perou). Troisieme partie: Les Odontocetes (Cetacea, Mammalia) du Miocene.Editions Recherche sur les Civilisations (78)1-244.
  2. ^abO. Lambert and C. de Muizon. 2013. A new long-snouted species of the Miocene pontoporiid dolphin Brachydelphis and a review of the Mio-Pliocene marine mammal levels in the Sacaco Basin, Peru. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 33(3):709-721
Odontocete genera
Xenorophidae
Waipatiidae
Squalodontidae
Squaloziphiidae
Eurhinodelphinidae
Crown-Odontoceti
    • see below↓
Physeteroidea
Kogiidae
Physeteridae
Allodelphinidae?
Squalodelphinidae?
Platanistidae
Berardiinae
Ziphiinae
Hyperoodontinae
Delphinida
    • see below↓
Kentriodontidae
Lipotidae
Iniidae
Pontoporiidae
Monodontidae
Phocoenidae
Lissodelphininae
Delphininae
Globicephalinae
Brachydelphis
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