Mammalia - Cetacea - Platanistidae
Full reference: S. J. Godfrey and O. Lambert. 2023. Miocene Toothed Whales (Odontoceti) from Calvert Cliffs, Atlantic Coastal Plain, USA. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 107:29-186
Belongs to Pomatodelphis according to S. J. Godfrey and O. Lambert 2023
Sister taxa: Pomatodelphis bobengi, Pomatodelphis inaequalis, Pomatodelphis stenorhynchus
Type specimen: CMM-V-4669, a partial skull (partial skull including most of the neurocranium (with the two peri- otics in situ, but without supraorbital processes) and the rostrum base). Its type locality is Chesapeake Ranch Estates, which is in a Tortonian shallow subtidal siliciclastic in the St. Marys Formation of Maryland.
Ecology: aquatic piscivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (2: Maryland collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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