Biology:Pliopontos
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Short description: Extinct genus of mammals
| Pliopontos Temporal range: Miocene-Pliocene
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Infraorder: | Cetacea |
| Superfamily: | Inioidea |
| Family: | Pontoporiidae |
| Genus: | †Pliopontos De Muizon, 1983 |
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| †Pliopontos littoralis De Muizon, 1983
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Pliopontos is a genus of river dolphins that lived during the Miocene-Pliocene epochs in what are now the coasts of Chile and Peru. It contains a single species, Pliopontos littoralis, described in 1983 and known from the highly fossiliferous Pisco Formation. Additional remains attributable to the genus have been found in the Bahía Inglesa Formation and Coquimbo Formation.[1][2][3]
See also
References
- ↑ De Muizon, C. (1983). "Pliopontos littoralis un nouveau Platanistidae Cetacea du Pliocene de la cote peruvienne". Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences de Paris 296: 625−628. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/309490787.
- ↑ Canto, J. H.; Crovetto, A.; Covacevich, V. (2002). "Hallazgo de Pliopontos sp. (Cetacea: Pontoporiidae) en el Neógeno de Chile". Noticiario Mensual del Museo Nacional de Historia Natural 350: 28−37. https://publicaciones.mnhn.gob.cl/668/articles-66737_archivo_01.pdf.
- ↑ Canto, J.; Yañez, J.; Cozzuol, M. (2002). "Mamíferos marinos neógenos de la Formación Bahía Inglesa, Cal-dera, III Región, Chile". Primer Congreso Latinoamericano de Paleontología de Vertebrados. Santiago.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q121221998 entry
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