Haborodelphis
{{Short description|Extinct genus of mammals}}
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| genus = Haborodelphis
|parent_authority = Ichishima et al., 2018
|species = japonicus
|authority = Ichishima et al., 2018
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Haborodelphis is an extinct genus of beluga-like odontocete cetacean known from the Early Pliocene from the north-west Pacific. It was first named by Hiroto Ichishima and colleagues in 2018 and the type species is H. japonicus.{{Cite journal| doi= 10.1002/spp2.1244| journal=Papers in Palaeontology| title=First monodontid cetacean (Odontoceti, Delphinoidea) from the early Pliocene of the north-western Pacific Ocean| volume=5| issue=2 | year=2019| pages=323–342| last1=Ichishima| first1=Hiroto| last2=Furusawa| first2=Hitoshi| last3=Tachibana| first3=Makino| last4=Kimura| first4=Masaichi| bibcode=2019PPal....5..323I}}
The type fossil was found in the Embetsu Formation in Haboro, Japan. There is only one known specimen as of 2021.{{Citation |last=Merella |first=Marco |title=A SECOND SPECIMEN OF THE ARCHAIC MEDITERRANEAN MONODONTID CETACEAN CASATIA THERMOPHILA FROM THE ZANCLEAN DEPOSITS OF ARCILLE (TUSCANY, ITALY) |date=2021 |url=https://arpi.unipi.it/handle/11568/1117342 |access-date=2025-03-24 |publisher=ITA |last2=Collareta |first2=Alberto |last3=Granata |first3=Valerio |last4=Casati |first4=Simone |last5=Bianucci |first5=Giovanni}}
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Category:Monotypic prehistoric cetacean genera
Category:Fossil taxa described in 2018
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