Albireonidae

Albireonidae; Temporal range: Messinian-Piacenzian, 7.246–2.588 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Artiodactyla
Infraorder:	Cetacea
Superfamily:	Delphinoidea
Family:	†Albireonidae; Barnes, 1984
Genera
	† Barnes, 1984;

Albireonidae is a monotypic group of extinct porpoise-like whales containing the single genus .^[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[]

^ Barnes, L. G. 1984. Fossil odontocetes (Mammalia: Cetacea) from the Almejas Formation, Isla Cedros, Mexico. PaleoBios 42: 1–46.
^ 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), ...
^ Science Series. Los Angeles Museum of History, Science, and Art. 2008. pp. 147–.

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[1] Barnes, L. G. 1984. Fossil odontocetes (Mammalia: Cetacea) from the Almejas Formation, Isla Cedros, Mexico. PaleoBios 42: 1–46.

[LeatherwoodReeves2012-2] 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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