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Albireonidae

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Albireonidae is a monotypic group of extinct porpoise-like whales containing the single genus Albireo.[1][2] These medium-sized, fossil dolphins are very rare and known only from temperate latitudes around the margin of the eastern North Pacific Ocean.[3]

References

  1. ^ Barnes, L. G. 1984. Fossil odontocetes (Mammalia: Cetacea) from the Almejas Formation, Isla Cedros, Mexico. PaleoBios 42: 1–46.
  2. ^ Stephen Leatherwood; Randall R. Reeves (2 December 2012). The Bottlenose Dolphin. Elsevier Science. pp. 8–. ISBN 978-0-323-13961-8. This group apparently evolved directly from squalodontids. The currently recognized families in the Delphinoidea are the extinct Miocene Kentriodontidae and Albireonidae, and the extant Delphinidae (true dolphins), Phocoenidae (porpoises), ...
  3. ^ Science Series. Los Angeles Museum of History, Science, and Art. 2008. pp. 147–.
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Albireonidae: Brief Summary

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Albireonidae is a monotypic group of extinct porpoise-like whales containing the single genus Albireo. These medium-sized, fossil dolphins are very rare and known only from temperate latitudes around the margin of the eastern North Pacific Ocean.

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