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Ninjadelphis
Temporal range: Miocene 17 Ma

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Scientific classification Edit this classification

Domain:

Eukaryota

Kingdom:

Animalia

Phylum:

Chordata

Class:

Mammalia

Order:

Artiodactyla

Infraorder:

Cetacea

Superfamily:

Platanistoidea

Family:

Allodelphinidae

Genus:

Ninjadelphis
Kimura and Barnes, 2016

Species:

N. ujiharai

Binomial name

Ninjadelphis ujiharai

Kimura and Barnes, 2016

Ninjadelphis is an extinct genusofriver dolphin from the early Miocene (Burdigalian) of Japan.

The generic name refers to the fact that the type locality, Iga, was a training center in Japan for ninja warriors.[1]

Description

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Ninjadelphis is distinguished from other allodelphinids by having a trapezoidal shaped exposure of frontals on cranial vertex, a nuchal crest partly overhanging posterior end of maxilla, a wider basioccipital, and basioccipital crests widely diverging posteriorly .[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b Toshiyuki Kimura and Lawrence G. Barnes (2016). New Miocene fossil Allodelphinidae (Cetacea, Odontoceti, Platanistoidea) from the North Pacific Ocean. Bulletin of the Gunma Museum of Natural History 20: 1–58.
Odontocete genera

  • Phylum: Chordata
  • Class: Mammalia
  • Order: Artiodactyla
  • Infraorder: Cetacea
  • Argyrocetus
  • Ashleycetus
  • Caolodelphis
  • Chilcacetus
  • Enigmatocetus
  • Eoplatanista
  • Inticetus
  • Macrodelphinus
  • Microcetus
  • Mirocetus
  • Neosqualodon
  • Olympicetus
  • Papahu
  • Patriocetus
  • Phoberodon
  • Phococetus
  • Prosqualodon
  • Sachalinocetus
  • Simocetus
  • Sulakocetus
  • Tangaroasaurus
  • Xenorophidae

  • Cotylocara
  • Echovenator
  • Inermorostrum
  • Xenorophus
  • Waipatiidae

  • Ediscetus
  • Nihohae
  • Nihoroa
  • Otekaikea
  • Urkudelphis
  • Waipatia
  • Squalodontidae

  • Squalodon
  • Squaloziphiidae

  • Squaloziphius
  • Yaquinacetus
  • Eurhinodelphinidae

  • Eurhinodelphis
  • Iniopsis
  • Mycteriacetus
  • Phocaenopsis
  • Schizodelphis
  • Vanbreenia
  • Xiphiacetus
  • Ziphiodelphis
  • Crown-Odontoceti

      • see below↓

    Crown-Odontoceti

  • Rhaphicetus
  • Scaldicetus
  • Zygophyseter
  • Kogiidae

  • Kogia
  • Koristocetus
  • Nanokogia
  • Platyscaphokogia
  • Pliokogia
  • Praekogia
  • Scaphokogia
  • Thalassocetus?
  • Physeteridae

  • Cozzuoliphyseter
  • Diaphorocetus
  • Idiophyseter
  • Idiorophus
  • Orycterocetus
  • Physeter
  • Physeterula
  • Placoziphius
  • Thalassocetus?
  • Platanistoidea

  • Dolgopolis
  • Ensidelphis
  • Perditicetus
  • Eurhinodelphinidae?
  • Squalodontidae?
  • Waipatiidae?
  • Allodelphinidae?

  • Arktocara
  • Goedertius
  • Ninjadelphis
  • Zarhinocetus
  • Squalodelphinidae?

  • Huaridelphis
  • Macrosqualodelphis
  • Medocinia
  • Notocetus
  • Phocageneus
  • Squalodelphis
  • Platanistidae

  • Dilophodelphis
  • Grimadelphis
  • Pachyacanthus?
  • Pebanista
  • Platanista
  • Pomatodelphis
  • Prepomatodelphis
  • Zarhachis?
  • Ziphiidae

  • Beneziphius
  • Caviziphius
  • Chavinziphius
  • Chimuziphius
  • Choneziphius
  • Dagonodum
  • Globicetus
  • Imocetus
  • Messapicetus
  • Nazcacetus
  • Nenga
  • Ninoziphius
  • Notoziphius
  • Pterocetus
  • Tasmacetus
  • Tusciziphius
  • Xhosacetus
  • Ziphirostrum
  • Berardiinae

  • Berardius
  • Microberardius
  • Ziphiinae

  • Ziphius
  • Hyperoodontinae

  • Hyperoodon
  • Ihlengesi
  • Indopacetus
  • Mesoplodon
      • see below↓

  • Herbeinodelphis
  • Liolithax
  • Lophocetus
  • Macrokentriodon
  • Miminiacetus
  • Odobenocetops
  • Pictodelphis
  • Pithanodelphis
  • Tagicetus
  • Westmorelandelphis
  • Kentriodontidae

  • Kampholophos
  • Kentriodon
  • Platysvercus
  • Sophianacetus
  • Rudicetus
  • Wimahl
  • Lipotidae

  • Parapontoporia
  • Prolipotes
  • Inioidea

    Iniidae

  • Goniodelphis
  • Inia
  • Ischyrorhynchus
  • Isoninia?
  • Isthminia
  • Kwanzacetus
  • Meherrinia
  • Plicodontinia
  • Saurocetes
  • Pontoporiidae

  • Auroracetus
  • Brachydelphis
  • Piscorhynchus
  • Pliopontos
  • Pontistes
  • Protophocaena
  • Samaydelphis
  • Scaldiporia
  • Stenasodelphis
  • Pontoporia
  • Delphinoidea

  • Denebola
  • Haborodelphis
  • Monodon
  • Phocoenidae

  • Australithax
  • Haborophocoena
  • Lomacetus
  • Miophocaena
  • Neophocaena
  • Numataphocoena
  • Phocoena
  • Phocoenoides
  • Piscolithax
  • Pterophocaena?
  • Semirostrum
  • Septemtriocetus
  • Delphinidae

  • Australodelphis
  • Eodelphinus
  • Etruridelphis
  • Hemisyntrachelus
  • Lagenorhynchus
  • Norisdelphis
  • Orcinus
  • Platalearostrum
  • Pliodelphis
  • Pterophocaena?
  • Lissodelphininae

  • Lissodelphis
  • Delphininae

  • Lagenodelphis
  • Sotalia
  • Sousa
  • Stenella
  • Tursiops
  • Globicephalinae

  • Globicephala
  • Grampus
  • Orcaella
  • Peponocephala
  • Pseudorca
  • Steno
  • Ninjadelphis

  • Wikispecies: Ninjadelphis
  • GBIF: 8479204
  • Paleobiology Database: 338951

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