Mammalia - Cetacea - Pontoporiidae
Alternative combinations: Delphinus blainvillei, Pontoporia blainvilli, Pontoporia blainvillii, Stenodelphis blainvillei
Synonyms: Pontoporia tenuirostris Malm 1871, Stenodelphis tenuirostris Malm 1871
Full reference: P. Gervais and M. A. d'Orbigny. 1844. Mammalogie. Societe Philomatique de Paris 1844:38-40
Belongs to Pontoporia according to T. A. Jefferson 2021
See also Agnarsson and May-Collado 2008, Ameghino 1889, Bergqvist et al. 1999, Geisler et al. 2011, Gervais and d'Orbigny 1844, Gray 1846, Gray 1850, Gray 1866, Gray 1868, Hershkovitz 1961, Hershkovitz 1966, Mead and Brownell 2005, Moreno 1888, Rice 1998, Scheffer and Rice 1963, Trouessart 1898, Trouessart 1904, Turner 1912, Uhen et al. 2008 and Van Beneden and Gervais 1880
Sister taxa: none
Type specimens:
- Pontoporia blainvillei: MNHM unnumbered specimen, a skull (skull). Its type locality is Rio de La Plata, which is in a Holocene fluvial horizon in Uruguay.
- Pontoporia tenuirostris:
Ecology: aquatic piscivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Brazil (5 collections), Uruguay (1)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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