Alternative combination: Lophocephalus parki
Full reference: W. B. Benham. 1937. On Lophocephalus, a new genus of zeuglodont Cetacea. Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand 67(1):1-7
Belongs to Mauicetus according to F. G. Marx and R. E. Fordyce 2015
See also Benham 1937, Benham 1939, Benham 1942, Fordyce 1980, Fordyce 1991, Fordyce 1992, Fordyce 2005, Fordyce and Roberts 2009, Harland et al. 1967 and Keyes 1973
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: OU C.'34.8, a skull. Its type locality is Milburn Quarry, which is in a Chattian carbonate limestone in the Milburn Limestone Formation of New Zealand.
Ecology: aquatic carnivore-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Waitakian of New Zealand (1 collection)
• Oligocene of New Zealand (4)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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