Biology:Parapontoporia
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Short description: Extinct genus of mammals
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| Reconstruction of Parapontoporia pacifica (top) with the fossil porpoise Piscolithax tedfordi | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Infraorder: | Cetacea |
| Family: | Lipotidae |
| Genus: | †Parapontoporia Barnes, 1984 |
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Skull (left), along with the skull of Semirostrum.
Parapontoporia is an extinct genus of dolphin that lived off the California n coast from the Late Miocene until the genus' extinction during the Pliocene.[1][2] It is related to the baiji.[3]
References
- ↑ Barnes, L.G. (July 1984). "Fossil odontocetes (Mammalia: Cetacea) from the Almejas Formation, Isla Cedros, Mexico". PaleoBios 42: 1–46. http://docubase.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/pl_dochome?query_src=pl_search&format=pdf&collection=PaleoBios_Archive_Public&id=57&show_doc=yes.
- ↑ The Paleobiology Database
- ↑ Boessenecker, Robert W.; Poust, Ashley W. (2015). "Freshwater occurrence of the extinct dolphin Parapontoporia (Cetacea: Lipotidae) from the upper Pliocene nonmarine Tulare Formation of California". Palaeontology 58 (3): 489–496. doi:10.1111/pala.12153. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/14754983.
Wikidata ☰ Q618357 entry
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