Tag Archive for 'River dolphin'

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...

Life reconstruction of Isthminia panamensis, feeding on a flatfish, which would have been abundant in the neritic zone of the late Miocene equatorial seas of Panama. Image credit: Julia Molnar.

Isthminia panamensis: Fossil of River Dolphin that Lived 6 MY Ago Found in Panama

Sep 2, 2015 by News Staff

The fossil of a freshwater river dolphin that lived 5.8 – 6.1 million years ago has been found in Panama. Life reconstruction of Isthminia panamensis,...