†Piscolithax tedfordi Barnes 1984 (porpoise)
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Mammalia - Cetacea - Phocoenidae
Full reference: L. G. Barnes. 1984. Fossil odontocetes (Mammalia: Cetacea) from the Almejas Formation, Isla Cedros, Mexico. PaleoBios 42:1-46
Belongs to Piscolithax according to W. Colpaert et al. 2015
See also Barnes 1984, Fajardo-Mellor et al. 2006, Uhen et al. 2008 and Vidal 1991
Sister taxa: Piscolithax boreios, Piscolithax longirostris
Type specimen: UCR 15972, a skull. Its type locality is Locality 11, which is in a Messinian coastal horizon in the Almejas Formation of Mexico.
Ecology: aquatic piscivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Mexico (1 collection), United States (1: California)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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