†Piscolithax longirostris Muizon 1983 (porpoise)
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Mammalia - Cetacea - Phocoenidae
Full reference: C. Muizon. 1983. Un nouveau Phocoenidae (Cetacea) du Pliocene inferieur du Perou. Comptes Rendus de l'Academie des Sciences Paris Serie II (296)1203-1206
Belongs to Piscolithax according to L. Fajardo-Mellor et al. 2006
See also Muizon 1983
Sister taxa: Piscolithax boreios, Piscolithax tedfordi
Type specimen: SAS 933, a skull. Its type locality is Sud-Sacaco West (SAS) horizon, which is in a Messinian foreshore siltstone in the Pisco Formation of Peru.
Ecology: aquatic piscivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Peru (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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