Mammalia - Cetacea - Physeteridae
Synonyms: Hypocetus Lydekker 1894 [objective synonym], Mesocetus Moreno 1892, Paracetus Lydekker 1894 [objective synonym]
Full reference: F. Ameghino. 1894. Enumeration synoptique des especes de mammifères fossiles des formations éocènes de Patagonie. Boletin de la Academia Nacional de Ciencias en Cordoba (Republica Argentina) 13:259-452
Parent taxon: Physeteridae according to A. Collareta et al. 2017
See also Allen 1921, Ameghino 1894, Ameghino 1901, Benton 1993, Berta 2017, Bianucci and Landini 2007, Carroll 1988, Case 1904, Cope 1895, Cozzuol 1996, Fordyce and de Muizon 2001, Hampe 2006, Hay 1902, Kazár 2002, Kellogg 1928, Lambert et al. 2008, Lambert et al. 2023, Lydekker 1894, Marx et al. 2016, McKenna and Bell 1997, Muizon 1990, Palmer 1904, Paolucci et al. 2020, Perez et al. 2011, Romero-Herrera et al. 1973, Sepkoski 2002, Simpson 1945, Toscano et al. 2013, Trouessart 1898 and Trouessart 1904
Sister taxa: Aulophyseter, Aulophyseterinae, Hoplocetinae, Idiophyseter, Idiorophus, Kogiopsis, Orca semseyi, Orcopsis, Orycterocetus, Paleophoca, Physeter, Physeterinae, Physeterula, Physodontidae, Physotherium, Placoziphius, Scaldicetus lodgei, Thalassocetus, Ziphioides, Ziphiola, Hoploceti, Physeteres
Subtaxa: Diaphorocetus ortegai Diaphorocetus poucheti
Ecology: aquatic piscivore-carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Argentina (1 collection), Peru (2)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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