Biology:Albireonidae
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Albireonidae is a monotypic group of extinct porpoise-like whales containing the single genus Albireo.[1][2] These medium-sized, fossil dolphins are very rare and known only from temperate latitudes around the margin of the eastern North Pacific Ocean.[3]
References
- ↑ Barnes, L. G. 1984. Fossil odontocetes (Mammalia: Cetacea) from the Almejas Formation, Isla Cedros, Mexico. PaleoBios 42: 1–46.
- ↑ Stephen Leatherwood; Randall R. Reeves (2 December 2012). The Bottlenose Dolphin. Elsevier Science. pp. 8–. ISBN 978-0-323-13961-8. https://books.google.com/books?id=3RR4QYtjP2EC&pg=PA8. "This group apparently evolved directly from squalodontids. The currently recognized families in the Delphinoidea are the extinct Miocene Kentriodontidae and Albireonidae, and the extant Delphinidae (true dolphins), Phocoenidae (porpoises), ..."
- ↑ Science Series. Los Angeles Museum of History, Science, and Art. 2008. pp. 147–. ISBN 978-1-891276-27-9. https://books.google.com/books?id=iLkdAQAAIAAJ.
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