Extinct genus of mammals
Pliopontos Temporal range: Miocene-Pliocene
Skull specimen SGO.PV.967, from Bahía Inglesa Formation
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Mammalia
Order:
Artiodactyla
Infraorder:
Cetacea
Superfamily:
Inioidea
Family:
Pontoporiidae
Genus:
† Pliopontos De Muizon, 1983
Type species
† Pliopontos littoralis De Muizon, 1983
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]
^ De Muizon, C. (1983). "Pliopontos littoralis un nouveau Platanistidae Cetacea du Pliocene de la cote peruvienne" [Pliopontos littoralis nov. gen. nov. sp. a New Platanistidae (Cetacea) from the Pliocene of the Peruvian Coast]. Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences de Paris . 296 : 625−628.
^ Canto, J. H.; Crovetto, A.; Covacevich, V. (2002). "Hallazgo de Pliopontos sp. (Cetacea: Pontoporiidae) en el Neógeno de Chile" (PDF) . Noticiario Mensual del Museo Nacional de Historia Natural . 350 : 28−37.
^ Canto, J.; Yañez, J.; Cozzuol, M. (2002). "Mamíferos marinos neógenos de la Formación Bahía Inglesa, Caldera, III Región, Chile". In Maxwell (ed.). Actas del I Congreso Latinoamericano de Paleontología de Vertebrados .
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De Muizon, C. (1983). "Pliopontos littoralis un nouveau Platanistidae Cetacea du Pliocene de la cote peruvienne" [Pliopontos littoralis nov. gen. nov...
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