†Palaeophocaena Abel 1905 (toothed whale)
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Full reference: O. Abel. 1905. Eine Stammtype der Delphiniden aus dem Miocan der Halbinsel Taman. Jahrbuch der Kaiserlich-Koniglichen Geologischen Reichsanstalt 60:375-388
Parent taxon: Delphinoidea according to R. E. Fordyce and C. de Muizon 2001
See also Abel 1905, Abel 1919, Carroll 1988, Kellogg 1928, McKenna and Bell 1997, Romero-Herrera et al. 1973, Sepkoski 2002, Simpson 1945 and Zittel 1925
Sister taxa: Albireonidae, Delphinidae, Eurhinodelphis pacificus, Monodontidae, Odobenocetopsidae, Phocoenidae, Prionodelphis, Protodelphinus, Sinanodelphis
Subtaxa: Palaeophocaena andrussowi
Ecology: aquatic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Taman Peninsula (Miocene of Russian Federation)
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