Lomacetus ginsburgi Muizon 1986 (porpoise)

Mammalia - Cetacea - Phocoenidae

Full reference: C. Muizon. 1986. Un nouveau Phocoenidae (Odontoceti, Mammalia) du Miocene superieur de la Formation Pisco (Perou). Comptes - rendus hebdomadaires des seances de l'Academie des Sciences Serie II 303(16):1509-1512

Belongs to Lomacetus according to M. A. Cozzuol 1996

See also Muizon 1986

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: MNHM PPI 104, a skull. Its type locality is Aguada de Lomas, which is in a Tortonian foreshore siltstone in the Pisco Formation of Peru.

Ecology: aquatic piscivore

Distribution: found only at Aguada de Lomas

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