†Protoglobicephala Aguirre-Fernandez et al. 2009 (dolphin)
Mammalia - Cetacea - Delphinidae
Full reference: G. Aguirre-Fernandez, L. G. Barnes, F. J. Aranda-Manteca and J. R. Fernandez-Rivera. 2009. Protoglobicephala mexicana, a new genus and species of Pliocene fossil dolphin (Cetacea; Odontoceti; Delphinidae) from the Gulf of California, Mexico. Boletin de la Sociedad Geologica Mexicana 61(2):245-265
Parent taxon: Globicephalinae according to G. Aguirre-Fernandez et al. 2009
Sister taxa: Feresa, Globicephala, Grampus, Pseudorca
Subtaxa: Protoglobicephala mexicana
Type: Protoglobicephala mexicana
Ecology: aquatic piscivore-carnivore