Piscolithax Muizon 1983 (porpoise)

Mammalia - Cetacea - Phocoenidae

Full reference: C. Muizon. 1983. Un nouveau Phocoenidae (Cetacea) du Pliocene inferieur du Perou. Comptes Rendus de l'Academie des Sciences Paris Serie II (296)1203-1206

Parent taxon: Phocoenidae according to F. G. Marx et al. 2016

See also Barnes 1985, Benites-Palomino et al. 2023, Benton 1993, Berta 2017, Carroll 1988, Colpaert et al. 2015, de Muizon 1988, Fajardo-Mellor et al. 2006, Fordyce and de Muizon 2001, McKenna and Bell 1997, Muizon 1983, Muizon 1984, Murakami et al. 2014, Sepkoski 2002, Uhen et al. 2008 and Vidal 1991

Sister taxa: Archaeophocaena, Australithax, Brabocetus, Haborophocoena, Lomacetus, Loxolithax, Miophocaena, Neophocaena, Numataphocoena, Phocoena, Phocoeninae, Phocoenoides, Phocoenoidinae, Pterophocaena, Salumiphocaena, Semirostrum, Septemtriocetus

Subtaxa: Piscolithax boreios Piscolithax longirostris Piscolithax tedfordi

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Type: Piscolithax longirostris

Ecology: aquatic piscivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of Mexico (1 collection), Peru (4), United States (1: California)

Total: 6 collections including 7 occurrences

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