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Ischyrorhynchus

Ischyrorhynchus is an extinct genus of probable iniid river dolphins from South America. One species has been described, I. vanbenedeni.

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Ischyrorhynchus
Temporal range: Messinian1
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Placentalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Infraorder: Cetacea
Family: Platanistidae
Genus: †Ischyrorhynchus
Ameghino, 18912
Species
  • †I. vanbenedeni (type)
    Ameghino, 18912
Synonyms
  • Anisodelphis
    Rovereto, 19151

Ischyrorhynchus is an extinct genus of probable iniid river dolphins from South America. One species has been described, I. vanbenedeni.12

References

References

  1. Ischyrorhynchus in the Paleobiology Database. Retrieved January 2022.
  2. Ameghino, Florentino (1891). Caracteres diagnosticos de cincuenta especies nuevas de mamiferos fosiles argentinos. Argentina de Historia Natural. 1 (3): 129–167.