Orycterocetus cornutidens Leidy 1856

Mammalia - Cetacea - Physeteridae

Alternative combination: Physeter cornutidens

Full reference: J. Leidy. 1856. Notice of remains of extinct vertebrated animals discovered by Professor E. Emmons. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 8:255-257

Belongs to Orycterocetus according to O. P. Hay 1930

See also Case 1904, Cope 1875, Hay 1902, Leidy 1856, Trouessart 1898 and Trouessart 1904

Sister taxa: Orycterocetus crocodilinus, Orycterocetus quadratidens

Type specimen: Its type locality is Green Mill Run, which is in a Zanclean marine horizon in the Yorktown Formation of North Carolina

Distribution: found only at Green Mill Run

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