Pithanodelphis Abel 1905 (toothed whale)

Mammalia - Cetacea

Full reference: O. Abel. 1905. Les Odontocètes du Boldérien (Miocène Supérieur) D'Anvers. Mémoires du Musée royal D'Histoire Naturelle de Belgique 3:1-155

Parent taxon: Delphinida according to C. Peredo et al. 2018

See also Abel 1905, Abel 1919, Barnes 1977, Barnes 1978, Barnes 1985, Barnes 1988, Berta 2017, Carroll 1988, Dawson 1996, de Muizon 1988, Fordyce and de Muizon 2001, Godfrey and Lambert 2023, Ichishima et al. 1995, Kellogg 1928, Marx et al. 2016, McKenna and Bell 1997, Sepkoski 2002, Simpson 1945 and Zittel 1925

Sister taxa: Anacharsis, Atocetus, Brevirostrodelphis, Cammackacetus, Delphinavus, Delphinoidea, Hadrodelphis, Herbeinodelphis, Inioidea, Kentriodontidae, Kentriodontoidea, Liolithax, Lipotidae, Lipotoidea, Macrokentriodon, Miminiacetus, Miodelphis, Monodontoidae, Pictodelphis, Platylithax, Tagicetus, Westmorelandelphis

Subtaxa: Pithanodelphis cornutus

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Type: Pithanodelphis cornutus

Ecology: aquatic carnivore

Distribution:

• Hemphillian of United States (1: California collection)

• Miocene to Pleistocene of the Netherlands (1)

• Miocene to Pliocene of Belgium (1)

• Miocene of United States (4: California, Maryland)

Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence

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