†family Albireonidae Barnes 1984

Mammalia - Cetacea - Albireonidae

Alternative spelling: Albileonidae

Full reference: L. G. Barnes. 1984. Fossil odontocetes (Mammalia: Cetacea) from the Almejas Formation, Isla Cedros, Mexico. PaleoBios 42:1-46

Parent taxon: Delphinoidea according to F. G. Marx et al. 2016

See also Barnes 1984, Barnes 2008, Barnes et al. 1985, Benton 1993, Berta 2017, Bianucci and Landini 2007, Carroll 1988, de Muizon 1988, Fordyce and Barnes 1994, Fordyce et al. 1995, Fordyce and de Muizon 2001, Geisler et al. 2011, Gingerich 2005, McKenna and Bell 1997, Murakami and Koda 2013, Rice 1998, Rice 2002, Rice 2009, Uhen et al. 2008 and Vidal 1991

Sister taxa: Delphinidae, Eurhinodelphis pacificus, Monodontidae, Odobenocetopsidae, Palaeophocaena, Phocoenidae, Prionodelphis, Protodelphinus, Sinanodelphis

Subtaxa: Albireo

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Distribution:

• Pliocene of Japan (1 collection), United States (1: California)

• Miocene of Mexico (3), United States (3: California)

Total: 8 collections including 9 occurrences

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