Mammalia - Cetacea - Monodontidae
Full reference: J. Velez-Juarbe and N. D. Pyenson. 2012. Bohaskia monodontoides, a new monodontid (Cetacea, Odontoceti, Delphinoidea) from the Pliocene of the western North Atlantic Ocean. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 32(2):476-484
Parent taxon: Monodontidae according to F. G. Marx et al. 2016
See also Berta 2017 and Velez-Juarbe and Pyenson 2012
Sister taxa: Casatia, Delphinapterinae, Delphinapterus, Denebola, Haborodelphis, Monodon, Monodontinae
Subtaxa: Bohaskaia monodontoides
Type: Bohaskaia monodontoides
Ecology: aquatic piscivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of United States (2: North Carolina, Virginia collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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