Name:
Dilophodelphis
(Two crested delphis).
Phonetic: Di-lof-o-del-fiss.
Named By: A. T. Boersma, M. R. McCurry
& N. D. Pyenson - 2017.
Classification: Chordata, Mammalia,
Artiodactyla, Cetacea, Platanistoidea.
Species: D. fordycei (type).
Diet: Piscivore.
Size: Unavailable.
Known locations: USA, Oregon.
Time period: Burdigalian of the Miocene.
Fossil representation: Skull.
Dilophodelphis
is a genus of river dolphin
that lived during the Miocene. The genus
name means two crested delphis (delphis being a reference to the
dolphin family). This is because the skull of Dilophodelphis
has
two crests of bone.
Further reading
- A new fossil dolphin
Dilophodelphis fordycei provides insight into the evolution of
supraorbital crests in Platanistoidea (Mammalia, Cetacea). -
Royal Society Open Science. - A. T. Boersma, M. R.
McCurry & N. D. Pyenson - 2017.