Mammalia - Cetacea - Physeteridae
Synonym: Apenophyseter Cabrera 1926
Full reference: R. Kellogg. 1925. Two physeteroid whales from California. Contributions to Palaeontology from the Carnegie Institution of Washington 348(1):1-35
Parent taxon: Physeteridae according to A. Collareta et al. 2017
See also Berta 2017, Cabrera 1926, Carroll 1988, Cozzuol 1996, Fordyce and de Muizon 2001, Hampe 2006, Kazár 2002, Kellogg 1925, Marx et al. 2016, McKenna and Bell 1997, Muizon 1990, Perez et al. 2011, Romero-Herrera et al. 1973, Sepkoski 2002, Simpson 1945 and Toscano et al. 2013
Sister taxa: Aulophyseter, Aulophyseterinae, Diaphorocetus, Hoplocetinae, Idiophyseter, Kogiopsis, Orca semseyi, Orcopsis, Orycterocetus, Paleophoca, Physeter, Physeterinae, Physeterula, Physodontidae, Physotherium, Placoziphius, Scaldicetus lodgei, Thalassocetus, Ziphioides, Ziphiola, Hoploceti, Physeteres
Subtaxa: Idiorophus bolzanensis Idiorophus patagonicus
Ecology: aquatic piscivore-carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Argentina (1 collection), Chile (1), Italy (2)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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