Mammalia - Cetacea - Lophocetidae
Full reference: L. G. Barnes. 1978. A review of Lophocetus and Liolithax and their relationships to the delphinoid family Kentriodontidae (Cetacea: Odontoceti). Bulletin of the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County 28:1-35
Belongs to Lophocetus according to C. Peredo et al. 2018
See also Barnes 1978, Barnes 1985, Dawson 1996, Ichishima et al. 1995 and Uhen et al. 2008
Sister taxon: Lophocetus calvertensis
Type specimen: USNM 23886. Its type locality is Stanford Locality (USGS M1217), which is in a Tortonian marine sandstone in the Santa Margarita Formation of California.
Ecology: aquatic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Stanford Locality (USGS M1217)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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