Patriocetus denggi Abel 1914 (toothed whale)

Mammalia - Cetacea - Patriocetidae

Full reference: O. Abel. 1914. Die vorfahren der bartenwale. Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Klasse 90:155-224

Belongs to Patriocetus according to R. Kellogg 1923

See also Abel 1914

Sister taxa: Patriocetus ehrlichii, Patriocetus kazakhstanicus

Type specimen: Its type locality is Linz, which is in a Chattian open shallow subtidal sandstone in the Linzer Sanden Formation of Austria

Ecology: aquatic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Linz

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