Urkudelphis
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| Urkudelphis | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Infraorder: | Cetacea |
| Genus: | †Urkudelphis Tanaka et al. 2017 |
| Species: | †U. chawpipacha |
| Binomial name | |
| †Urkudelphis chawpipacha Tanaka et al. 2017 | |
Urkudelphis is an extinct genus of cetacean endemic to Ecuador, a tropical dolphin small in size .[1] The type species, Urkudelphis chawpipacha, was described in 2017 based in a single skull of a juvenile and auditory bones in the Dos Bocas Formation of Ecuador.[2] It was an ancestor of river dolphins It is also one of the only dolphin fossils in tropical waters.
