Mammalia - Cetacea - Platanistidae
Alternative spelling: Areodelphis
Full reference: R. Kellogg. 1957. Two additional Miocene porpoises from the Calvert Cliffs Maryland. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 107(3387):279-337
Parent taxon: Platanistidae according to S. J. Godfrey et al. 2017
See also Bianucci et al. 2020, Carroll 1988, Godfrey et al. 2006, Godfrey and Lambert 2023, Gottfried et al. 1994, Kellogg 1957, Lambert et al. 2014, McKenna and Bell 1997, Muizon 1987, Sepkoski 2002, Uhen et al. 2008, Uhen and Pyenson 2007 and Whitmore and Kaltenbach 2008
Sister taxa: Argyrocetinae, Dilophodelphis, Grimadelphis, Pachyacanthus, Pebanista, Platanista, Platanistinae, Pomatodelphininae, Pomatodelphis, Tachyrgrhynchus, Zarhachis
Subtaxa: Araeodelphis natator
Ecology: aquatic piscivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (3: Maryland, North Carolina collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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