Protophocaena Abel 1905 (toothed whale)

Mammalia - Cetacea - Pontoporiidae

Full reference: O. Abel. 1905. Les Odontocètes du Boldérien (Miocène Supérieur) D'Anvers. Mémoires du Musée royal D'Histoire Naturelle de Belgique 3:1-155

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

See also Abel 1905, Abel 1919, Ahrens 2005, Berta 2017, Carroll 1988, Cozzuol 2010, Fordyce and de Muizon 2001, Geisler et al. 2012, Kellogg 1928, Lambert and Post 2005, McKenna and Bell 1997, Romero-Herrera et al. 1973, Sepkoski 2002, Simpson 1945 and Zittel 1925

Sister taxa: Auroracetus, Brachydelphininae, Brachydelphis, Lipotinae, Piscorhynchus, Pliopontos, Pontistes, Pontoporia, Pontoporiinae, Samaydelphis, Scaldiporia, Stenasodelphis

Subtaxa: Protophocaena minima

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Ecology: aquatic carnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene to Pliocene of Belgium (1 collection)

• Miocene of the Netherlands (2)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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