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Arktocara yakataga

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The recently described allodelphinid, Arktocara yakataga, from the Oligocene of Alaska, nowadays platanistoids are restricted to freshwater in southeast Asia (Platanista gangetica) but in the past were more widespread and thrived in the open seas.

Reference: 
Boersma AT, Pyenson ND. (2016Arktocara yakataga, a new fossil odontocete (Mammalia, Cetacea) from the Oligocene of Alaska and the antiquity of Platanistoidea.PeerJ 4:e2321 
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