Mammalia - Cetacea - Monodontidae

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

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

See also Barnes 1984, Berta 2017, Carroll 1988, de Muizon 1988, Fordyce and de Muizon 2001, McKenna and Bell 1997, Murakami et al. 2014, Sepkoski 2002, Uhen et al. 2008 and Vidal 1991

Sister taxa: Bohaskaia, Casatia, Delphinapterinae, Delphinapterus, Haborodelphis, Monodon, Monodontinae

Subtaxa: Denebola brachycephala

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Type: Denebola brachycephala

Ecology: aquatic piscivore

Distribution: found only at Locality 11 (Miocene of Mexico)

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