Argyrocetus patagonicus Lydekker 1894 (toothed whale)

Mammalia - Cetacea

Full reference: R. Lydekker. 1894. Cetacean skulls from Patagonia. Anales del Museo de la Plata II:1-13

Belongs to Argyrocetus according to M. D. Uhen et al. 2008

See also Ameghino 1901, Cozzuol 1996, Kellogg 1942, Lydekker 1894, Palmer 1904, Trouessart 1898 and Trouessart 1904

Sister taxa: Argyrocetus bakersfieldensis, Argyrocetus joaquinensis

Type specimen: MLP undesignated, a skull. Its type locality is Bryn Gwyn, which is in a Burdigalian marine siltstone/sandstone in the Gaiman Formation of Argentina.

Ecology: aquatic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Bryn Gwyn

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