†Pliopontos littoralis Muizon 1983 (toothed whale)
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Mammalia - Cetacea - Pontoporiidae
Full reference: C. Muizon. 1983. Pliopontos littoralis un nouveau Platanistidae Cetacea du Pliocene de la cote peruvienne. Comptes Rendus de l'Academie des Sciences Paris Serie II (296)1101-1104
Belongs to Pliopontos according to J. H. Geisler et al. 2011
See also Cozzuol 2010 and Muizon 1983
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: SAS 931, a partial skull. Its type locality is Sud-Sacaco West (SAS) horizon, which is in a Messinian foreshore siltstone in the Pisco Formation of Peru.
Ecology: aquatic carnivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of United States (1: North Carolina collection)
• Miocene of Peru (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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