Ninjadelphis
{{Short description|Extinct genus of mammals}}
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Ninjadelphis is an extinct genus of river 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.
Description
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 .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.
References
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Category:Fossil taxa described in 2016
Category:Extinct mammals of Asia
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