Patriocetus kazakhstanicus Dubrovo and Sanders 2000 (toothed whale)

Mammalia - Cetacea - Patriocetidae

Full reference: I. A. Dubrovo and A. E. Sanders. 2000. A new species of Patriocetus (Mamammalia, Cetacea) from the Late Oligocene of Kazakstan. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 20(3):577-590

Belongs to Patriocetus according to J. H. Geisler et al. 2011

See also Dubrovo and Sanders 2000

Sister taxa: Patriocetus denggi, Patriocetus ehrlichii

Type specimen: PIN 3067, a skull. Its type locality is Karagiya, which is in a Chattian marine phosphorite/siltstone in the Karaginskaya Formation of Kazakhstan.

Ecology: aquatic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Karagiya

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