Ninjadelphis

Ninjadelphis
Temporal range: Miocene 17 Ma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Infraorder: Cetacea
Superfamily: Platanistoidea
Family: Allodelphinidae
Genus: Ninjadelphis
Kimura and Barnes, 2016
Species:
N. ujiharai
Binomial name
Ninjadelphis ujiharai
Kimura and Barnes, 2016

Ninjadelphis is an extinct genus of river dolphin from the early Miocene (Burdigalian) of Japan.

The generic name refers to the fact that the type locality, Iga, was a training center in Japan for ninja warriors.[1]

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