Mammalia - Cetacea - Lipotidae
Alternative spelling: Parapontoparia
Full reference: L. G. Barnes. 1984. Fossil odontocetes (Mammalia: Cetacea) from the Almejas Formation, Isla Cedros, Mexico. PaleoBios 42:1-46
Parent taxon: Lipotidae according to F. G. Marx et al. 2016
See also Barnes 1984, Barnes 1985, Berta 2017, Boessenecker 2013, Boessenecker and Poust 2015, Carroll 1988, Cozzuol 2010, de Muizon 1988, Fordyce and de Muizon 2001, Geisler et al. 2011, Geisler and Sanders 2003, Hamilton et al. 2001, McKenna and Bell 1997, Sepkoski 2002 and Uhen et al. 2008
Sister taxa: Eolipotes, Lipotes
Subtaxa: Parapontoporia pacifica Parapontoporia sternbergi Parapontoporia wilsoni
Type: Parapontoporia pacifica
Ecology: aquatic carnivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of United States (1: California collection)
• Pliocene of Japan (1), United States (3: California)
• Miocene of Mexico (1), United States (1: California)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
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