Mammalia - Cetacea - Squalodelphinidae
Synonyms: Argyrodelphis Lydekker 1894 [objective synonym], Diochotichus Ameghino 1894, Diochoticus Ameghino 1894
Full reference: F. P. Moreno. 1892. Lijeros apuntes sobre dos generos de cetaceos fosiles de la Republica Argentina. Revista del Museo de La Plata 3:393-400
Parent taxon: Squalodelphinidae according to T. Kimura 2018
See also Ameghino 1894, Ameghino 1901, Benton 1993, Berta 2017, Bianucci et al. 2013, Bianucci et al. 2018, Bianucci et al. 2020, Bianucci et al. 2015, Dal Piaz 1917, Fordyce 1994, Fordyce and de Muizon 2001, Fordyce and Roberts 2009, Geisler et al. 2011, Geisler and Sanders 2003, Godfrey et al. 2017, Gottfried et al. 1994, Kellogg 1928, Lambert et al. 2014, Lydekker 1894, Marx et al. 2016, McKenna and Bell 1997, Mead 1975, Muizon 1987, Muizon 1994, Nelson and Uhen 2018, Palmer 1904, Rovereto 1915, Sepkoski 2002, Simpson 1945, Trouessart 1898, Trouessart 1904, True 1910, Uhen et al. 2008, Viglino et al. 2022 and Winge 1921
Sister taxa: Furcacetus, Huaridelphis, Macrosqualodelphis, Medocinia, Phocageneus, Squalodelphis
Subtaxa: Notocetus vanbenedeni
Type: Diochotichus vanbenedeni
Ecology: aquatic carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Argentina (4 collections), Italy (1), Peru (4)
Total: 9 collections including 10 occurrences
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