Parapontoporia Barnes 1984 (toothed whale)

Mammalia - Cetacea - Lipotidae

Alternative spelling: Parapontoparia

Full reference: L. G. Barnes. 1984. Fossil odontocetes (Mammalia: Cetacea) from the Almejas Formation, Isla Cedros, Mexico. PaleoBios 42:1-46

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

See also Barnes 1984, Barnes 1985, Berta 2017, Boessenecker 2013, Boessenecker and Poust 2015, Carroll 1988, Cozzuol 2010, de Muizon 1988, Fordyce and de Muizon 2001, Geisler et al. 2011, Geisler and Sanders 2003, Hamilton et al. 2001, McKenna and Bell 1997, Sepkoski 2002 and Uhen et al. 2008

Sister taxa: Eolipotes, Lipotes

Subtaxa: Parapontoporia pacifica Parapontoporia sternbergi Parapontoporia wilsoni

View classification

Type: Parapontoporia pacifica

Ecology: aquatic carnivore

Distribution:

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of United States (1: California collection)

• Pliocene of Japan (1), United States (3: California)

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

Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence

Show more details


Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.


Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.