Isoninia borealis Godfrey et al. 2021 (toothed whale)

Mammalia - Cetacea - Iniidae

Full reference: S. J. Godfrey, C. S. Gutstein, and D. J. Morgan. 2021. A new odontocete (Inioidea, Odontoceti) from the late Neogene of North Carolina, USA. Fossil Record 24:275-285

Belongs to Isoninia according to S. J. Godfrey et al. 2021

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: CMM-V-4061, a partial skull (incomplete skull, preserving the posterior facial re- gion, from the lateral margins of the bony nares to the supraoccipital, including the vertex. Ventrally, p). Its type locality is Meherrin River, which is in a Pliocene marine horizon in the Yorktown Formation of North Carolina.

Ecology: aquatic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Meherrin River

Show more details


Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.


Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.