Acrophyseter robustus Lambert et al. 2017 (toothed whale)

Mammalia - Cetacea

Full reference: O. Lambert, G. Bianucci, and C. Muizon. 2017. Macroraptorial sperm whales (Cetacea, Odontoceti, Physeteroidea) from the Miocene of Peru. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 179:404-474

Belongs to Acrophyseter according to O. Lambert et al. 2017

Sister taxon: Acrophyseter deinodon

Type specimen: MUSM 1399, a skull. Its type locality is Cerro la Bruja, which is in a Miocene offshore shelf siltstone in the Pisco Formation of Peru.

Ecology: aquatic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Cerro la Bruja

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