Mammalia - Cetacea - Platanistidae
Full reference: R. Kellogg. 1957. Two additional Miocene porpoises from the Calvert Cliffs Maryland. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 107(3387):279-337
Belongs to Araeodelphis according to S. J. Godfrey et al. 2017
See also Godfrey et al. 2006, Godfrey and Lambert 2023, Gottfried et al. 1994, Kellogg 1957, Uhen et al. 2008 and Whitmore and Kaltenbach 2008
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: USNM 10478. Its type locality is Chesapeake Beach, south of, Zone 4-9, which is in a Burdigalian offshore claystone in the Calvert Formation of Maryland.
Ecology: aquatic piscivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (3: Maryland, North Carolina collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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