Mammalia - Cetacea - Platanistidae
Full reference: A. Benites-Palomino, G. Aguirre-Fernández, P. Baby, D. Ochoa, A. Altamirano, J. J. Flynn, M. R. Sánchez-Villagra, J. V. Tejada, C. Muizon and R. Salas-Gismondi. 2024. The largest freshwater odontocete: A South Asian river dolphin relative from the proto-Amazonia. Science Advances 10:eadk6320
Parent taxon: Platanistidae according to A. Benites-Palomino et al. 2024
Sister taxa: Araeodelphis, Argyrocetinae, Dilophodelphis, Grimadelphis, Pachyacanthus, Platanista, Platanistinae, Pomatodelphininae, Pomatodelphis, Tachyrgrhynchus, Zarhachis
Subtaxa: Pebanista yacuruna
Type: Pebanista yacuruna
Ecology: aquatic piscivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Peru (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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