Macrosqualodelphis

Macrosqualodelphis
Temporal range: Burdigalian
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Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Suborder: Whippomorpha
Infraorder: Cetacea
Family: †Squalodelphinidae
Genus: †Macrosqualodelphis
Bianucci et al. 2018
Species:
†M. ukupachai
Binomial name
†Macrosqualodelphis ukupachai
Bianucci et al. 2018

Macrosqualodelphis is an extinct genus of river dolphins from the Early Miocene (Burdigalian) Chilcatay Formation of the Pisco Basin, Peru. The type species is M. ukupachai.

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