Rododelphis

Rododelphis; Temporal range: Early Pleistocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Artiodactyla
Infraorder:	Cetacea
Family:	Delphinidae
Genus:	† Rododelphis
Species:	†R. stamatiadisi
Binomial name
	†Rododelphis stamatiadisi; Bianucci et. al., 2022

Last updated October 01, 2025

Rododelphis is an extinct genus of cetacean that inhabited the Mediterranean Sea during the Early Pleistocene. It contains a single species, R. stamatiadisi.^[1]

References

↑ Bianucci, Giovanni; Geisler, Jonathan H.; Citron, Sara; Collareta, Alberto (7 March 2022). "The origins of the killer whale ecomorph". Current Biology . 32 (8): 1843–1851.e2. Bibcode:2022CBio...32E1843B. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2022.02.041 . PMID 35259339.

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[1] Bianucci, Giovanni; Geisler, Jonathan H.; Citron, Sara; Collareta, Alberto (7 March 2022). "The origins of the killer whale ecomorph". Current Biology . 32 (8): 1843–1851.e2. Bibcode:2022CBio...32E1843B. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2022.02.041 . PMID 35259339.

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