- Formation, Isla Cedros, Mexico.
PaleoBios 42:1-46 L. G. Barnes. 1985.
Fossil pontoporiid dolphins (Mammalia: Cetacea) from the
Pacific Coast of
North America...
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found consist of
beaked whales (such as
Messapicetus gregarius),
ancient pontoporiids (such as
Brachydelphis mazeasi),
oceanic dolphins and the
raptorial sperm...
- (MACN Pv 15997). A
relative of
river dolphins.
Pontistes P.
rectifrons A
pontoporiid.
Prionodelphis P.
rovereti A
single tooth. A
dubious delphinoid, other...
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whale Balaenoptera siberi, the
beaked whale Messapicetus gregarius, the
pontoporiid dolphin Brachydelphis mazeasi, some
oceanic dolphins, the
tusked dolphin...
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contains two
species in one genus.
Members of the
Pontoporiidae family are
pontoporiids, and are part of a
grouping colloqially termed river dolphins along with...
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preserve a
great cetacean diversity,
including cetotheriids, rorquals, the
pontoporiid Pliopontos, the
beaked whale Ninoziphius as well as the
porpoise Piscolithax...
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member of Inioidea, and
Atocetus and
Lophocetus have been
recovered as a
pontoporiid and
ziphiid sister taxon respectively,
while Hadrodelphis, Kampholophos...
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Brachydelphis is a
genus of
pontoporiid known from the Late
Miocene Pisco Formation of Peru and the BahÃa
Inglesa Formation of Chile. Two
species are...
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Atocetus is an
extinct genus of
pontoporiid dolphin found in Miocene-age
marine deposits in Peru and California. The type species,
Atocetus iquensis,...
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Stenasodelphis is an
extinct genus of
pontoporiid dolphin from the mid-late
Miocene epoch. Its name
roughly translates to "the narrow-nosed dolphin."...
