Araeodelphis
Araeodelphis is an extinct genus of river dolphin from the early Miocene of the US Eastern Seaboard.[1][2]
| Araeodelphis natator Temporal range: early Miocene | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Infraorder: | Cetacea |
| Family: | Platanistidae |
| Genus: | †Araeodelphis |
| Species: | †A. natator |
| Binomial name | |
| †Araeodelphis natator Kellogg, 1957 | |
Fossils
Remains of Araeodelphis are known from the early Miocene Burdigalian-age Plum Point Member of the Calvert Formation in Maryland.
Phylogeny
Cladistic analysis by Godfrey et al. (2017) recovers Araeodelphis as basal to the South Asian river dolphin the platanistid subfamily Pomatodelphinae.[1]
References
- Stephen J. Godfrey; Lawrence G. Barnes; Olivier Lambert (2017). "The Early Miocene odontocete Araeodelphis Natator Kellogg, 1957 (Cetacea; Platanistidae), from the Calvert Formation of Maryland, U.S.A.". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. in press: e1278607. doi:10.1080/02724634.2017.1278607.
- R. Kellogg. 1957. Two additional Miocene porpoises from the Calvert Cliffs Maryland. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 107(3387):279-337
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