Mammalia - Cetacea - Phocoenidae
Alternative combination: Loxolithax stocktoni
Full reference: L. E. Wilson. 1973. A delphinid (Mammalia, Cetacea) from the Miocene of Palos Verdes Hills, California. University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 103:1-34
Belongs to Salumiphocaena according to L. Fajardo-Mellor et al. 2006
See also Barnes 1985, Uhen et al. 2008 and Wilson 1973
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: UCMP 34576, a skull. Its type locality is Dacelite Quarry, which is in a Tortonian marine shale in the Monterey Formation of California.
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
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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