Albireo Barnes 1984 (toothed whale)

Mammalia - Cetacea - Albireonidae

Full reference: L. G. Barnes. 1984. Fossil odontocetes (Mammalia: Cetacea) from the Almejas Formation, Isla Cedros, Mexico. PaleoBios 42:1-46

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

See also Barnes 1984, Barnes 2008, Benton 1993, Berta 2017, Carroll 1988, Fordyce and de Muizon 2001, Geisler et al. 2011, McKenna and Bell 1997, Sepkoski 2002, Uhen et al. 2008 and Vidal 1991

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Albireo savagei Albireo whistleri

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Type: Albireo whistleri

Ecology: aquatic carnivore

Distribution:

• Pliocene of United States (1: California collection)

• Miocene of Mexico (3)

Total: 4 collections including 5 occurrences

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