Mammalia - Cetacea

Full reference: S. J. Godfrey and O. Lambert. 2023. Miocene Toothed Whales (Odontoceti) from Calvert Cliffs, Atlantic Coastal Plain, USA. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 107:29-186

Parent taxon: Delphinida according to S. J. Godfrey and O. Lambert 2023

Sister taxa: Anacharsis, Atocetus, Brevirostrodelphis, Cammackacetus, Delphinavus, Delphinoidea, Hadrodelphis, Herbeinodelphis, Inioidea, Kentriodontidae, Kentriodontoidea, Liolithax, Lipotidae, Lipotoidea, Macrokentriodon, Miminiacetus, Miodelphis, Monodontoidae, Pithanodelphis, Platylithax, Tagicetus, Westmorelandelphis

Subtaxa: Pictodelphis kidwellae

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Type: Pictodelphis kidwellae

Ecology: aquatic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Parker Creek, north, Zone 10-11 (Miocene of Maryland)

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