†Lomacetus ginsburgi Muizon 1986 (porpoise)
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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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