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Dilophodelphis fossil map

Where fossils of Dilophodelphis have been found, shown on the Earth as it looked about 15 million years ago and on today’s map.

Dots are fossil collections recorded in the Paleobiology Database. The “then” view moves today’s fossil sites back to their positions 15 million years ago (the time slice nearest the median age of the fossils) using the Merdith et al. (2021) plate model; positions are approximate. Open on the timeline map →

Dilophodelphis
Image: Smithsonian, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
GroupEarly mammals
Lived20.45–15.98 million years ago (Burdigalian)
PeriodsNeogene
FamilyPlatanistidae
Named byBoersma et al. 2017
Fossil records2 occurrences at 1 locations (PBDB)
Found inUnited States
Rock formationsAstoria

About Dilophodelphis

Dilophodelphis is an extinct genus of river dolphin from Early Miocene (Burdigalian) marine deposits in Oregon. The type species, Dilophodelphis fordycei, was named in 2017.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Dilophodelphis (revision 1193903535), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0; introduction excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Ages, family, authority and fossil records: Paleobiology Database, accessed 23 October 2026. Ages are those of the rock layers the fossils were found in. Wikidata: Q55609599.

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