Alternative combination: Prosqualodon davidi
Full reference: T. T. Flynn. 1923. A whale of bygone days. Australian Museum Magazine 1:266-272
Belongs to Prosqualodon according to Y. Tanaka et al. 2023
See also Fitzgerald 2004, Flynn 1923, Flynn 1932, Flynn 1948, Fordyce 1991, Fordyce and Roberts 2009, Geisler et al. 2011, Kellogg 1942 and Zittel 1925
Sister taxon: Prosqualodon australis
Type specimen: UTDG85542-85576, 85578-85603, a partial skeleton (partial skull and skeleton). Its type locality is PL3029 - Upper Bed, Table Cape, which is in an Aquitanian shoreface sandstone/siltstone in the Fossil Bluff Sandstone Formation of Australia.
Ecology: aquatic carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Australia (1 collection)
• Waitakian of New Zealand (1)
• Oligocene of New Zealand (1)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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