Taxonavigation
| Taxonavigation: Delphinoidea |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: †Albireonidae
Genus: †Albireo
Species: †Albireo savagei
Name
- †Albireo savagei Barnes, 2008: 141
Holotype: UCMP 112048, partial skeleton of one individual, including atlas vertebra, thoracic vertebrae 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and possibly 11, and parts of several ribs.
Type locality and horizon: UCMP locality V-70148; in a road cut, approximately 1 m above the level of the road grade, across the road from the Union Oil Company pier, on the north side of the road that goes from Avila Beach to Port San Luis, Avila Beach, San Luis Obispo County, California, USA. Squire Member of the Pismo Formation, which is late Pliocene in age, approximately 3 to 2 Ma, and correlative with the Blancan North American Land Mammal Age.
References
Primary references
- Barnes, L.G. 2008. Miocene and Pliocene Albireonidae (Ceatcea, Odontoceti), Rare and unusual fossil dolphins from the Eastern North Pacific Ocean. Natural History of Los Angeles County Science Series 41: 99-152. Reference page.