Ischyrorhynchus Ameghino 1891 (toothed whale)

Mammalia - Cetacea - Iniidae

Synonym: Anisodelphis Rovereto 1915

Full reference: F. Ameghino. 1891. Caracteres diagnosticos de cincuenta especies nuevas de mamiferos fosiles argentinos. Revista Argentina de Historia Natural 1(3):129-167

Parent taxon: Iniidae according to F. G. Marx et al. 2016

See also Abel 1905, Aguirre-Fernández et al. 2017, Ameghino 1891, Bergqvist et al. 1999, Berta 2017, Carroll 1988, Cozzuol 1985, Cozzuol 1996, Cozzuol 2010, Fordyce and de Muizon 2001, Geisler et al. 2012, Geisler and Sanders 2003, Hamilton et al. 2001, Kellogg 1928, Lambert et al. 2017, McKenna and Bell 1997, Muizon 1984, Palmer 1904, Pilleri and Gihr 1979, Rovereto 1915, Simpson 1945, Trouessart 1898, Trouessart 1904 and Zittel 1925

Sister taxa: Goniodelphis, Inia, Iniinae, Isoninia, Isthminia, Kwanzacetus, Meherrinia, Plicodontinia mourai, Pontoplanodidae, Saurocetes

Subtaxa: Ischyrorhynchus vanbenedeni

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Ecology: aquatic carnivore

Distribution:

• Pliocene of Venezuela (1 collection)

• Miocene of Argentina (1), Brazil (1), Venezuela (3)

Total: 6 collections including 8 occurrences

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