Urkudelphis

{{Short description|Extinct genus of cetaceans}}

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| fossil_range = Late Oligocene (Deseadan)
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| genus = Urkudelphis

| parent_authority = Tanaka et al. 2017

| species = chawpipacha

| authority = Tanaka et al. 2017

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Urkudelphis is an extinct genus of cetacean.{{cite journal |author1=Yoshihiro Tanaka |author2=Juan Abella |author3=Gabriel Aguirre-Fernández |author4=Maria Gregori |author5=R. Ewan Fordyce |year=2017 |title=A new tropical Oligocene dolphin from Montañita/Olón, Santa Elena, Ecuador |journal=PLOS ONE |volume=12 |issue=12 |pages=e0188380 |doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0188380 |pmid=29261688 |pmc=5737981 |bibcode=2017PLoSO..1288380T |doi-access=free }} The type species, Urkudelphis chawpipacha, was described in 2017 based on fossils found in the Dos Bocas Formation of Ecuador.[https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=364624 Urkudelphis] at Fossilworks.org It was a type of river dolphin.

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Category:River dolphins

Category:Oligocene mammals of South America

Category:Deseadan

Category:Paleogene Ecuador

Category:Fossils of Ecuador

Category:Fossil taxa described in 2017

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