Pomatodelphis
Pomatodelphis is an extinct genus of river dolphin from Middle Miocene marine deposits in Alabama, Florida, Brazil, Germany and France.[1]
| Pomatodelphis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Infraorder: | Cetacea |
| Family: | Platanistidae |
| Subfamily: | †Pomatodelphininae |
| Genus: | †Pomatodelphis Allen, 1921 |
| Type species | |
| Pomatodelphis inaequalis Allen, 1921 | |
| Species | |
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Classification
Pomatodelphis belongs to the platanistid subfamily Pomatodelphininae, which is distinguished from the South Asian river dolphin in having a flattened rostrum, a transversely expanded posterior end of the premaxilla, an eye and bony orbit of normal size (not atrophied), and nasal bones not reduced in size but wide transversely. A close relative of Pomatodelphis is Prepomatodelphis from marine deposits in Austria. Three species are known, P. inaequalis, P. bobengi, and P. stenorhynchus.[2]
Fossil distribution
Fossils of Pomatodelphis have been found in:[1]
- Citronelle Formation (Hemphillian), Alabama
- Solimões Formation (Huayquerian), Brazil
- Marks Head, Peace River and Statenhead Formations, Florida
- France
- Germany
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References
- "Fossilworks: Pomatodelphis". fossilworks.org.
- Barnes, L.G., 2006. A Phylogenetic Analysis of the Superfamily Platanistoidea (Mammalia, Cetacea, Odontoceti). Beitr. Palaont., 30:25-42.
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