Albireonidae Explained

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]

Notes and References

  1. Barnes, L. G. 1984. Fossil odontocetes (Mammalia: Cetacea) from the Almejas Formation, Isla Cedros, Mexico. PaleoBios 42: 1–46.
  2. Book: Stephen Leatherwood. Randall R. Reeves. The Bottlenose Dolphin. 2 December 2012. Elsevier Science. 978-0-323-13961-8. 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. Book: Science Series. 2008. Los Angeles Museum of History, Science, and Art. 147–. 978-1-891276-27-9 .

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