Rododelphis
| Rododelphis Temporal range: | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Suborder: | Whippomorpha |
| Infraorder: | Cetacea |
| Parvorder: | Odontoceti |
| Family: | Delphinidae |
| Genus: | † |
| Species: | †R. stamatiadisi |
| Binomial name | |
| †Rododelphis stamatiadisi Bianucci et. al., 2022 | |
Rododelphis is an extinct genus of cetacean that inhabited the Mediterranean Sea during the Early Pleistocene. It contains a single species, R. stamatiadisi.[1]
References
- ^ Bianucci, Giovanni; Geisler, Jonathan H.; Citron, Sara; Collareta, Alberto (7 March 2022). "The origins of the killer whale ecomorph". Current Biology. 32 (8): 1843–1851.e2. Bibcode:2022CBio...32E1843B. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2022.02.041. PMID 35259339. Retrieved 3 February 2025.