Auroracetus Gibson and Geisler 2009 (toothed whale)

Mammalia - Cetacea - Pontoporiidae

Full reference: M. L. Gibson and J. H. Geisler. 2009. A new Pliocene dolphin (Cetacea: Pontoporiidae), from the Lee Creek Mine, North Carolina. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 29(3):966-971

Parent taxon: Pontoporiidae according to F. G. Marx et al. 2016

See also Berta 2017, Geisler et al. 2012 and Gibson and Geisler 2009

Sister taxa: Brachydelphininae, Brachydelphis, Lipotinae, Piscorhynchus, Pliopontos, Pontistes, Pontoporia, Pontoporiinae, Protophocaena, Samaydelphis, Scaldiporia, Stenasodelphis

Subtaxa: Auroracetus bakerae

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Type: Auroracetus bakerae

Ecology: aquatic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Lee Creek Mine, Yorktown Formation (Pliocene of North Carolina)

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