Full reference: R. Kellogg. 1931. Pelagic mammals of the Temblor Formation of the Kern River region, California. Proceedings of the California Academy of Science 19(12):217-397
Parent taxon: Delphinida according to M. D. Uhen et al. 2008
See also Barnes 1977, Carroll 1988, de Muizon 1988, Fordyce and de Muizon 2001, Gagnaison et al. 2009, Kellogg 1931, McKenna and Bell 1997, Sepkoski 2002 and Simpson 1945
Sister taxa: Anacharsis, Atocetus, Brevirostrodelphis, Cammackacetus, Delphinavus, Delphinoidea, Hadrodelphis, Herbeinodelphis, Inioidea, Kentriodontidae, Kentriodontoidea, Liolithax, Lipotidae, Lipotoidea, Macrokentriodon, Miminiacetus, Miodelphis, Monodontoidae, Pictodelphis, Pithanodelphis, Tagicetus, Westmorelandelphis
Subtaxa: Platylithax robusta
Type: Platylithax robusta
Ecology: aquatic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Sharktooth Hill (Miocene of California)
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