Idiorophus patagonicus Lydekker 1894 (sperm whale)

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

Ecology: aquatic piscivore-carnivore

Distribution: found only at Bryn Gwyn

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