Piscorhynchus aenigmaticus Pilleri and Siber 1989

Mammalia - Cetacea - Pontoporiidae

Alternative combination: Piscolithax aenigmaticus

Full reference: G. Pilleri and H. J. Siber. 1989. Piscorhynchus aenigmaticus, ein neuer Miozaner Zahnwal aus der Pisco-Formation Perus. Beitrage zur Palaontologie der cetaceen Perus 195-203

Belongs to Piscorhynchus according to O. Lambert 2011

See also Cozzuol 1996, Fordyce and de Muizon 2001 and Pilleri and Siber 1989

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: H. J. Siber collection, Aathal, a partial skeleton (skull and vertebrae). Its type locality is Aguada de Lomas, which is in a Tortonian foreshore siltstone in the Pisco Formation of Peru.

Distribution: found only at Aguada de Lomas

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