Parapontoporia sternbergi Gregory and Kellogg 1927 (toothed whale)

Mammalia - Cetacea - Lipotidae

Alternative combination: Stenodelphis sternbergi

Full reference: W. K. Gregory and R. Kellogg. 1927. A fossil porpoise from California. American Museum Novitates 269:1-7

Belongs to Parapontoporia according to R. W. Boessenecker 2013

See also Barnes 1984, Geisler et al. 2011, Gregory and Kellogg 1927, Hay 1930 and Uhen et al. 2008

Sister taxa: Parapontoporia pacifica, Parapontoporia wilsoni

Type specimen: AMNH 21905. Its type locality is India Street & West Walnut, which is in a Piacenzian marine horizon in the San Diego Formation of California.

Ecology: aquatic carnivore

Distribution:

• Pliocene of United States (3: California collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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