''Pliopontos'' is a genus of river dolphins that lived during the

Miocene The Miocene ( ) is the first geological epoch of the Neogene Period and extends from about (Ma). The Miocene was named by Scottish geologist Charles Lyell; the name comes from the Greek words (', "less") and (', "new") and means "less recen ...

Pliocene The Pliocene ( ; also Pleiocene) is the epoch in the geologic time scale that extends from 5.333 million to 2.58Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southernmost country in the world, and the closest to Antarctica, occupying a long and narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east a ...

and

Peru , image_flag = Flag of Peru.svg , image_coat = Escudo nacional del Perú.svg , other_symbol = Great Seal of the State , other_symbol_type = Seal (emblem), National seal , national_motto = "Fi ...

. It contains a single species, ''Pliopontos littoralis'', described in 1983 and known from the highly

fossil A fossil (from Classical Latin , ) is any preserved remains, impression, or trace of any once-living thing from a past geological age. Examples include bones, shells, exoskeletons, stone imprints of animals or microbes, objects preserved ...

iferous Pisco Formation. Additional remains attributable to the genus have been found in the

Bahía Inglesa Formation Caldera Basin ( es, Cuenca de Caldera) is a sedimentary basin located in the coast of northern Chile west of Copiapó. The basin has a fill of marine sediments of Late Cenozoic age. With a north-south extension of and an east-west width of the ...

and

Coquimbo Formation Coquimbo Formation ( es, Formación Coquimbo) is a Miocene to Pleistocene, Middle Pleistocene sedimentary geologic formation, formation located in Coquimbo Region in Norte Chico, Chile, Norte Chico, Chile. The lowermost unit belongs to the lower Mi ...

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* * {{Taxonbar, from=Q121221998 Prehistoric toothed whales Pliocene cetaceans Miocene cetaceans Prehistoric cetacean genera River dolphins Fossil taxa described in 1983

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