Salumiphocaena Barnes 1985 (porpoise)

Mammalia - Cetacea - Phocoenidae

Alternative spelling: Salumniphocaena

Full reference: L. G. Barnes. 1985. Evolution, taxonomy and antitropical distributions of the porpoises (Phocoenidae, Mammalia). Marine Mammal Science 1(2):149-165

Parent taxon: Phocoenidae according to F. G. Marx et al. 2016

See also Barnes 1985, Benton 1993, Berta 2017, Carroll 1988, Colpaert et al. 2015, de Muizon 1988, Fajardo-Mellor et al. 2006, McKenna and Bell 1997, Murakami et al. 2014, Sepkoski 2002 and Uhen et al. 2008

Sister taxa: Archaeophocaena, Australithax, Brabocetus, Haborophocoena, Lomacetus, Loxolithax, Miophocaena, Neophocaena, Numataphocoena, Phocoena, Phocoeninae, Phocoenoides, Phocoenoidinae, Piscolithax, Pterophocaena, Semirostrum, Septemtriocetus

Subtaxa: Salumiphocaena stocktoni

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Ecology: aquatic piscivore

Distribution:

• Hemphillian of United States (1: California collection)

• Miocene of United States (1: California)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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