Scaldiporia Post et al. 2017 (toothed whale)

Mammalia - Cetacea - Pontoporiidae

Full reference: K. Post, S. Louywe, and O. Lambert. 2017. Scaldiporia vandokkumi, a new pontoporiid (Mammalia, Cetacea, Odontoceti) from the Late Miocene to earliest Pliocene of the Westerschelde estuary (The Netherlands). PeerJ 5::e3991

Parent taxon: Pontoporiidae according to K. Post et al. 2017

Sister taxa: Auroracetus, Brachydelphininae, Brachydelphis, Lipotinae, Piscorhynchus, Pliopontos, Pontistes, Pontoporia, Pontoporiinae, Protophocaena, Samaydelphis, Stenasodelphis

Subtaxa: Scaldiporia vandokkumi

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Type: Scaldiporia vandokkumi

Ecology: aquatic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Pit De Griete (Miocene of Netherlands)

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