Lipotidae

Lipotidae; Temporal range: Miocene–Recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	Lipotes vexillifer
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Artiodactyla
Infraorder:	Cetacea
Parvorder:	Odontoceti
Clade:	Delphinida
Superfamily:	Lipotoidea
Family:	Lipotidae; Zhou, Qian & Li, 1978
Genera
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Lipotidae is a family of river dolphins containing the possibly extinct baiji of China and the fossil genus Parapontoporia from the Late Miocene and Pliocene of the Pacific coast of North America.^[1]^[2] The genus , which is based on a mandible fragment from Neogene coastal deposits in Guangxi, China,^[3] has been classified as an extinct relative of the baiji, but is dubious.^[4]

The putative kentriodontid "Lophocetus" pappus is a possible relative of Lipotidae.^[5]

Genera and Species[]

†(?) Lipotes
- †(?) Lipotes vexillifer
†Parapontoporia
- †P. pacifica
- †P. sternbergi
- †P. wilsoni
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References[]

^ Barnes, L.G., 1984. Fossil odontocetes (Mammalia: Cetacea) from the Almejas Formation, Isla Cedros, Mexico. PaleoBios 42:1-46
^ L. G. Barnes. 1985. Fossil pontoporiid dolphins (Mammalia: Cetacea) from the Pacific Coast of North America. Contributions in Science 363:1-34.
^ K. Zhou, M. Zhou, and Z. Zhao. 1984. First discovery of a Tertiary platanistoid fossil from Asia. Scientific Reports of the Whales Research Institute 35:173-181.
^ N. D. Pyenson. 2009. Requiem for Lipotes: An evolutionary perspective on marine mammal extinction. Marine Mammal Evolution 25(3):714-724
^ Olivier Lambert, Giovanni Bianucci, Mario Urbina, Jonathan H. Geisler; A new inioid (Cetacea, Odontoceti, Delphinida) from the Miocene of Peru and the origin of modern dolphin and porpoise families. Zool J Linn Soc 2017; 179 (4): 919-946. doi: 10.1111/zoj.12479. https://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/article/179/4/919/3076080/A-new-inioid-Cetacea-Odontoceti-Delphinida-from?guestAccessKey=3b956b95-d215-488a-8d90-1cff59554290#63703008

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

[2] L. G. Barnes. 1985. Fossil pontoporiid dolphins (Mammalia: Cetacea) from the Pacific Coast of North America. Contributions in Science 363:1-34.

[3] K. Zhou, M. Zhou, and Z. Zhao. 1984. First discovery of a Tertiary platanistoid fossil from Asia. Scientific Reports of the Whales Research Institute 35:173-181.

[4] N. D. Pyenson. 2009. Requiem for Lipotes: An evolutionary perspective on marine mammal extinction. Marine Mammal Evolution 25(3):714-724

[5] Olivier Lambert, Giovanni Bianucci, Mario Urbina, Jonathan H. Geisler; A new inioid (Cetacea, Odontoceti, Delphinida) from the Miocene of Peru and the origin of modern dolphin and porpoise families. Zool J Linn Soc 2017; 179 (4): 919-946. doi: 10.1111/zoj.12479. https://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/article/179/4/919/3076080/A-new-inioid-Cetacea-Odontoceti-Delphinida-from?guestAccessKey=3b956b95-d215-488a-8d90-1cff59554290#63703008

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Lipotidae Temporal range: Miocene–Recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N

Lipotes vexillifer
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Artiodactyla
Infraorder:	Cetacea
Parvorder:	Odontoceti
Clade:	Delphinida
Superfamily:	Lipotoidea
Family:	Lipotidae Zhou, Qian & Li, 1978
Genera
See text