Pomatodelphis

<i>Pomatodelphis</i>

Pomatodelphis

Extinct genus of dolphins

Pomatodelphis is an extinct genus of river dolphin from Middle Miocene marine deposits in Alabama, Florida, Brazil, Germany and France.[1]

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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][3]

References

  1. [1]
    "Fossilworks: Pomatodelphis". fossilworks.org.
  2. [2]
    Barnes, L.G., 2006. A Phylogenetic Analysis of the Superfamily Platanistoidea (Mammalia, Cetacea, Odontoceti). Beitr. Palaont., 30:25-42.
  3. [3]
    Manz, Carly (31 March 2017). "Pomatodelphis inaequalis". Florida Museum of Natural History. Gainesville, Florida: University of Florida. Retrieved 8 February 2021.
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