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Macrodelphinus

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Kingdom
  
Infraorder
  
Species
  
†M. kelloggi

Rank
  
Genus

Class
  
Family
  
Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Even-toed ungulate

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Similar
  
Eurhinodelphis, Kentriodon, Waipatia, Zygophyseter, Squalodon

Macrodelphinus kelloggi was an orca-sized relative of the cetacean Eurhinodelphis. It lived off the coast of what is now California during the early Miocene. Because of its size, and inch-long teeth, it is believed to have been an apex predator. Macrodelphinus is known from a fragmentary skull from southern California.

References

Macrodelphinus Wikipedia


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