Full reference: R. Kellogg. 1931. Pelagic mammals of the Temblor Formation of the Kern River region, California. Proceedings of the California Academy of Science 19(12):217-397
Parent taxon: Delphinida according to C. Peredo et al. 2018
See also Barnes 1977, Barnes 1978, Barnes 1985, Benton 1993, Berta 2017, Carroll 1988, Dawson 1996, de Muizon 1988, Fordyce and de Muizon 2001, Gottfried et al. 1994, Guo and Kohno 2023, Ichishima et al. 1995, Kellogg 1931, Marx et al. 2016, McKenna and Bell 1997, Sepkoski 2002, Simpson 1945 and Uhen et al. 2008
Sister taxa: Anacharsis, Atocetus, Brevirostrodelphis, Cammackacetus, Delphinavus, Delphinoidea, Hadrodelphis, Herbeinodelphis, Inioidea, Kentriodontidae, Kentriodontoidea, Lipotidae, Lipotoidea, Macrokentriodon, Miminiacetus, Miodelphis, Monodontoidae, Pictodelphis, Pithanodelphis, Platylithax, Tagicetus, Westmorelandelphis
Subtaxa: Liolithax kernensis Liolithax pappus
Type: Liolithax kernensis
Ecology: aquatic carnivore
Distribution:
• Hemphillian of United States (1: California collection)
• Miocene of Austria (1), Mexico (2), United States (8: California, Maryland, North Carolina)
Total: 12 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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