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pi. 7, fig. 4 (skull) [characters]; 1866, Cat. seals and whales Brit. 

 Mus., p. 231 [listed]. — Burmeister, 1867a, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 

 1867: 484 [S. Atlantic: Argentina (Gueguen Grande, Buenos Aires, 

 38°33' S.)]; 1867b, Zeitschr. gesammte Naturw., 29: 1 [S. Atlantic: 

 Uruguay (Rio de La Plata); measurements 40 inches long]; 1867c, 

 Act. Soc. Paleo. Buenos Aires, Anal. Mus. Publ. Buenos Aires, 1 : xix 

 [S. Atlantic: Argentina (Rio Gueguen Grande, Buenos Aires, 38° S., 

 59° W.); Uruguay (near Maldorado); anatomy]; 1867d, Anal. Mus. 

 Publ. Buenos Aires, 1 : 305, 389, pis. 23, fig. 1 (animal), pi. 25 (skeleton), 

 pi. 26 (skull), pi. 27 (mouth, throat), pi. 28 (larynx, trachea, lungs) 

 [S. Atlantic: Argentina (Rio Queguen (= Gueguen) Grande, mouth); 

 characters; taxonomic history]. 



Pontoporia blainvillii [sic], Flower, 1869, Trans. Zool. Soc. London, 6: 87, 

 pi. 28 (skull) [cranial characters]; 1885, List Cetacea Brit. Mus., p. 13 

 [Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul) ; Argentina (Rio de la Plata)]. — Beddard, 

 1900, Book of whales, p. 303 [characters; classification]. 



Pontoporia Blainvillei, Gervais, in Van Beneden and Gervais, 1880, 

 Osteographie des cetaces, p. 479 [taxonomic history; osteology]. — 

 Abel, 1901, Mem. Mus. Roy. Hist. Nat. Belgique, pi. 1 (fig. 5), pi. 2 

 (fig. 4), pi. 3 (fig. 2), pi. 4 (fig. 1, skull) [comparisons]. 



Pontoporia blainvillei, Thomas, 1910, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., (8), 5: 247 

 [S. Atlantic: Argentina (Buenos Aires, coast)]. 



Pontoporia (Stenodelphis) blainvillei Fraser, in Norman and Fraser, 1938, 

 Giant fishes, whales and dolphins, p. 342, fig. 97 (animal) [characters]. 



Stenodelphis Blainvillei, d'Orbigny and Gervais, 1847, Voyage Amerique 

 Merid., 4(Mamm.) : 32 (in text) [original generic combination]. — 

 Hensel, 1873, Abh. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, 1872: 110 [S. Atlantic: Brazil 

 (Lagoa dos Patos, Rio Grande do Sul) ; skull found on banks] . — 

 Ameghino, 1891, Rev. Argentina Hist. Nat., 1 : 254 [type of Stenodelphis 

 Gervais, 1847]. — Ihering, 1892, Mammiferos do Rio Grande do Sul, 

 p. 104 [S. Atlantic: Brazil (Costa da Lagoa dos Patos, near Porto do 

 Taipes, Rio Grande do Sul)]. — Figueira, 1894, Anal. Mus. Nac. 

 Montevideo, 2: 11 (separate) [S. Atlantic: Uruguay (Atlantic and 

 La Plata coasts); local name: "franciscana"]. — Lahille, 1899a, Primera 

 reunion del Congreso latinoamericano, 3: 34 [distribution; local names: 

 "tonina," "franciscana"] ; 1899b, Rev. Mus. La Plata, 9 : 389, pi. 1 (adult 

 and fetus) [S. Atlantic: Argentina (Peninsula de Valdes, Chubut, 42° 

 30' S.); measurements]; 1905, Rev. Jardin Zool. Buenos Aires, 1905: 

 56 [distribution strictly marine; food; local names: "franciscana," 

 "tonina"]; 1914, Enum. Zoogeogr. Mamm.Republica de Argentina, p. 

 29 [listed].— Fraser and Purves, 1960, Bull. Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.), 

 Zool., 7: 44 et seq., fig. 17 (pterygoid sinus), pis. 19, 20 (skull) [audi- 

 tory system]. 



