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
Belongs to Pebanista according to A. Benites-Palomino et al. 2024
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: MUSM 4017, a partial skull (posterior part of the rostrum, facial region including part of the right supraorbital crest, the temporal and occipital region). Its type locality is Rio Napo, Loreto, which is in a Burdigalian fluvial-lacustrine horizon in the Pebas Formation of Peru.
Ecology: aquatic piscivore
Distribution: found only at Rio Napo, Loreto
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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