Alternative combination: Acrodelphis bakersfieldensis
Full reference: L. E. Wilson. 1935. Miocene marine mammals from the Bakersfield region, California. The Peabody Museum of Natural History Bulletin 4:1-143
Belongs to Argyrocetus according to O. Lambert et al. 2015
See also Barnes 1977, Mitchell and Tedford 1973, Uhen et al. 2008 and Wilson 1935
Sister taxa: Argyrocetus joaquinensis, Argyrocetus patagonicus
Type specimen: YPM 13406, a skull. Its type locality is Woody, southwest, which is in a Chattian marine sandstone in the Jewett Formation of California.
Ecology: aquatic carnivore
Distribution:
• Oligocene of United States (2: California collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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