Mammalia - Cetacea - Phocoenidae
Full reference: L. G. Barnes. 1984. Fossil odontocetes (Mammalia: Cetacea) from the Almejas Formation, Isla Cedros, Mexico. PaleoBios 42:1-46
Parent taxon: Phocoenidae according to R. Foekens 2008
See also Barnes 1984, Barnes et al. 1985, Bianucci and Landini 2007, Fordyce and Barnes 1994, Fordyce et al. 1995, Fordyce and de Muizon 2001, McKenna and Bell 1997, Tomida and Kohno 1992 and Vidal 1991
Sister taxa: Archaeophocaena, Australithax, Brabocetus, Haborophocoena, Lomacetus, Loxolithax, Miophocaena, Neophocaena, Numataphocoena, Phocoena, Phocoeninae, Phocoenoides, Piscolithax, Pterophocaena, Salumiphocaena, Semirostrum, Septemtriocetus
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: aquatic piscivore
Distribution: found only at Shupun-tou (Quaternary of Japan)