Mammalia - Cetacea - Phocoenidae
Full reference: R. A. Racicot, T. A. Deméré, B. L. Beatty and R. W. Boessenecker. 2014. Unique feeding morphology in a new prognathous extinct porpoise from the Pliocene of California. Current Biology
Parent taxon: Phocoenidae according to F. G. Marx et al. 2016
See also Berta 2017, Colpaert et al. 2015 and Racicot et al. 2014
Sister taxa: Archaeophocaena, Australithax, Brabocetus, Haborophocoena, Lomacetus, Loxolithax, Miophocaena, Neophocaena, Numataphocoena, Phocoena, Phocoeninae, Phocoenoides, Phocoenoidinae, Piscolithax, Pterophocaena, Salumiphocaena, Septemtriocetus
Subtaxa: Semirostrum ceruttii
Type: Semirostrum ceruttii
Ecology: aquatic piscivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of United States (3: California collections)
• Miocene to Pliocene of United States (1: California)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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