Mammalia - Cetacea - Delphinidae
Full reference: G. Aguirre-Fernández, L. G. Barnes, F. J. Aranda-Manteca and J. R. Fernández-Rivera. 2009. Protoglobicephala mexicana, a new genus and species of Pliocene fossil dolphin (Cetacea; Odontoceti; Delphinidae) from the Gulf of California, Mexico. Boletin de la Sociedad Geologica Mexicana 61(2):245-265
Belongs to Protoglobicephala according to M. Murakami et al. 2014
See also Aguirre-Fernández et al. 2009
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: UABCS/ISJ/3008, a partial skull. Its type locality is Los Placeritos, which is in a Piacenzian transition zone/lower shoreface sandstone in Mexico.
Ecology: aquatic piscivore-carnivore
Distribution: found only at Los Placeritos
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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