Macrodelphinus

Macrodelphinus
Temporal range: Middle Miocene–Late Miocene
Macrodelphinus and Eurhinodelphis.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Cetacea
Suborder: Odontoceti
Family: Eurhinodelphinidae
Genus: Macrodelphinus
Wilson 1935
Species: M. kelloggi
Wilson 1935

Macrodelphinus kelloggi was an orca-sized relative of the cetacean Eurhinodelphis. It lived off the coast of what is now California during the early Miocene. Because of its size, and inch-long teeth, it is believed to have been an apex predator. Macrodelphinus is known from a fragmentary skull from southern California.

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