†Idiorophus patagonicus Lydekker 1894
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Mammalia - Cetacea - Physeteridae
Alternative combinations: Apenophyseter patagonicus, Physodon patagonicus
Full reference: R. Lydekker. 1894. Cetacean skulls from Patagonia. Anales del Museo de la Plata II:1-13
Belongs to Idiorophus according to L. M. Perez et al. 2011
See also Ameghino 1901, Cabrera 1926, Cozzuol 1996, Hampe 2006, Kazár 2002, Kellogg 1925, Kellogg 1942, Lydekker 1894, Trouessart 1898 and Trouessart 1904
Sister taxon: Idiorophus bolzanensis
Type specimen: Its type locality is Bryn Gwyn, which is in a Burdigalian marine siltstone/sandstone in the Gaiman Formation of Argentina
Distribution: found only at Bryn Gwyn
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