Tag Archive for 'Platanistoidea'

Artistic reconstruction of Pebanista yacuruna. Image credit: Jaime Bran.

Giant Freshwater Dolphins Once Lived in Proto-Amazonia

Mar 21, 2024 by Natali Anderson

Pebanista yacuruna is the closest relative of living South Asian river dolphins (genus Platanista). Artistic reconstruction of Pebanista yacuruna. Image...

The Indus river dolphin (Platanista minor). Image credit: WWF-Pakistan / Braulik et al., doi: 10.1111/mms.12801.

Indus and Ganges River Dolphins are Separate Species, New Study Shows

Mar 30, 2021 by Natali Anderson

The two subspecies of the South Asian river dolphin (Platanista gangetica) — the Indus river dolphin (Platanista gangetica minor) and the Ganges...

Artistic reconstruction of a pod of Arktocara yakataga, swimming offshore of Alaska during the Oligocene, about 25 million years ago, with early mountains of Southeast Alaska in the background. Image credit: Alexandra Boersma.

Arktocara yakataga: Forgotten Fossil Found to be New Species of Ancient Dolphin

Aug 16, 2016 by News Staff

A fossil stored in the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of Natural History for several decades has been identified as a new species of ancient...