Name
Macrosqualodelphis.
Phonetic
Mak-ro-skwal-o-del-fis.
Named By
G. Bianucci, G. Bosio, E. Malinverno, C. Muizon, I. M. Villa, M. Urbina & O. Lambert - 2018.
Classification
Chordata, Mammalia, Artiodactyla, Cetacea, Squalodelphinidae.
Diet
Piscivore.
Species
M. ukupachai
Size
Roughly about 3.5 meters long.
Known locations
Peru - Chilcatay Formation.
Time Period
Burdigalian of the Miocene.
Fossil representation
Partial skull and post cranial skeletal remains.
Macrosqualodelphis is a genus of river dolphin that is known to have lived in waters of Peruvian South America during the Miocene.
- A new large squalodelphinid (Cetacea, Odontoceti) from Peru sheds light on the Early Miocene platanistoid disparity and ecology. - Royal Society Open Science 5(4):172302. - G. Bianucci, G. Bosio, E. Malinverno, C. Muizon, I. M. Villa, M. Urbina & O. Lambert - 2018.
