Isthminia
Name: Isthminia.
Phonetic: Ist-me-ne-ah.
Named By: N. D. Pyenson, J. Velez-Juarbe,
C. S. Gutstein, H. Little, D. Vigil & A.
O'Dea - 2015.
Classification: Chordata, mamamlia,
Artiodacyla, Cetacea, Iniidae.
Species: I. panamensis
(type).
Diet: Piscivore.
Size: About 2.85 meters long.
Known locations: Panama - Chagres Formation.
Time period: Late Miocene.
Fossil representation: Partial skull and partial
post cranial skeleton.
Isthminia
is a genus of river
dolphin that lived in Central America during the
Miocene.
Further reading
- Isthminia panamensis, a new fossil inioid
(Mammalia,
Cetacea) from the Chagres Formation of Panama and the evolution of
‘river dolphins’ in the Americas. - PeerJ 3:e1227. - N.
D. Pyenson, J. Velez-Juarbe, C. S. Gutstein, H.
Little, D. Vigil & A. O'Dea - 2015.
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