Mammalia - Cetacea - Balaenopteridae

Alternative combinations: Cetotheriopsis dyticus, Plesiocetus dyticus

Full reference: A. Cabrera. 1926. Cetaceos fossiles del Museo de La Plata. Revista del Museo de La Plata 29:363-411

Belongs to Protororqualus according to M. Bisconti and M. Bosselaers 2021

See also Abel 1938, Bisconti 2007, Cabrera 1926, Cozzuol 1996, Fordyce 1991 and Kellogg 1942

Sister taxa: Protororqualus cuvieri, Protororqualus wilfriedneesi

Type specimen: MDLP 5-13. Its type locality is Cerro del Castillo, Trelew, which is in an Aquitanian/Burdigalian shallow subtidal sandstone in the Gaiman Formation of Argentina.

Distribution: found only at Cerro del Castillo, Trelew

Show more details

Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.