Phocoenoides dalli True 1885 (Dall's porpoise)
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Mammalia - Cetacea - Phocoenidae
Alternative combinations: Phocaena dalli, Phocoena dalli
Synonym: Phocoenoides truei Andrews 1911
Belongs to Phocoenoides according to L. Fajardo-Mellor et al. 2006
See also Agnarsson and May-Collado 2008, Barnes 1977, Geisler et al. 2011, Hershkovitz 1966, Jefferson 1988, Jefferson 2021, Mead and Brownell 2005, Rice 1998, Scheffer and Rice 1963, Trouessart 1904 and Vidal 1991
Sister taxa: none
Type specimens:
- Phocoenoides dalli: USNM 21762, a skull. Its type locality is Adak Island strait, which is in a Holocene coastal horizon in Alaska.
- Phocoenoides truei:
Ecology: aquatic piscivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Japan (2 collections), United States (4: Alaska, California)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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