Mammalia - Cetacea - Phocoenidae
Alternative combinations: Acanthodelphis spinipennis, Acanthodelphis spinipinnis, Phocaena spinipennis, Phocaena spinipinnis
Synonyms: Phocaena philippi Philippi 1893, Phocaena philippii Philippi 1893
Belongs to Phocoena according to W. Colpaert et al. 2015
See also Agnarsson and May-Collado 2008, Ameghino 1889, Brownell and Praderi 1984, Fajardo-Mellor et al. 2006, Gray 1866, Gray 1868, Hershkovitz 1966, Jefferson 2021, Mead and Brownell 2005, Palmer 1904, Rice 1998, Scheffer and Rice 1963 and Trouessart 1904
Sister taxa: Phocoena dioptrica, Phocoena phocoena, Phocoena sinus
Type specimens:
- Phocoena spinipinnis: Buenos Aires Museum, a skull (skull & skin). Its type locality is Rio de La Plata, which is in a Holocene fluvial horizon in Uruguay.
- Phocaena philippii:
Ecology: aquatic piscivore
Distribution: found only at Rio de La Plata
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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