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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