Pomatodelphis

Pomatodelphis
Temporal range: Middle Miocene
~15.97–7.25 Ma
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Infraorder: Cetacea
Family: Platanistidae
Subfamily: Pomatodelphininae
Genus: Pomatodelphis
Allen, 1921
Type species
Pomatodelphis inaequalis
Allen, 1921
Species
  • P. bobengi
  • P. inaequalis
  • P. stenorhynchus

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

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.

Fossil distribution

Fossils of Pomatodelphis have been found in:


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