Albireo savagei Barnes 2008 (toothed whale)

Mammalia - Cetacea - Albireonidae

Full reference: L. G. Barnes. 2008. Miocene and Pliocene Albireonidae (Ceatcea, Odontoceti), Rare and unusual fossil dolphins from the Eastern North Pacific Ocean. Natural History of Los Angeles County Science Series 41:99-152

Belongs to Albireo according to L. G. Barnes 2008

Sister taxon: Albireo whistleri

Type specimen: UCMP 112048, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Avilla Beach W, which is in a Piacenzian offshore shelf sandstone in the Pismo Formation of California.

Ecology: aquatic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Avilla Beach W

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