Eoplatanista miocaenus Pilleri 1989 (toothed whale)

Mammalia - Cetacea - Eoplatanistidae

Alternative combination: Zignodelphis miocaenus

Full reference: G. Pilleri. 1989. Bemerkungen zur arbeit "Christian de Muizon: Le Polyphyletisme des Acrodelphidae, Odontocetes longirostres du Miocene Europeen", 1988. Contributions to the Paleontology of Some Tethyan Cetacea and Sirenia (Mammalia) II. 115-123

Belongs to Eoplatanista according to C. Muizon 1994

See also Pilleri 1989

Sister taxa: Eoplatanista gresalensis, Eoplatanista italica, Eoplatanista taurinensis

Type specimen: IGUP Nr. 26 154, a skull. Its type locality is Libano, which is in an Aquitanian marine sandstone in the Libano Sandstone Formation of Italy.

Ecology: aquatic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Libano

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