Mammalia - Cetacea - Platanistidae
Alternative combination: Schizodelphis bobengi
Full reference: E. C. Case. 1934. A specimen of a long-nosed dolphin from the Bone Valley Gravels of Polk County, Florida. Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan 4(6):105-113
Belongs to Pomatodelphis according to M. D. Uhen et al. 2008
See also Barnes 2006, Case 1934, Morgan 1994 and Sherman 1952
Sister taxa: Pomatodelphis inaequalis, Pomatodelphis santamaria, Pomatodelphis stenorhynchus
Type specimen: UMMP 15117, a skull. Its type locality is International Agricultural Mine, which is in a Tortonian marine sandstone in the Peace River Formation of Florida.
Ecology: aquatic piscivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Brazil (1 collection), United States (3: Florida)
Total: 4 collections including 5 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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