Mammalia - Cetacea - Basilosauridae
Alternative combination: Pontogeneus peruvianus
Full reference: M. Martinez-Cáceres and C. Muizon. 2011. A new basilosaurid (Cetacea, Pelagiceti) from the Late Eocene to Early Oligocene Otuma Formation of Peru. Comptes Rendus Palevol 10:517-526
Belongs to Cynthiacetus according to M. D. Uhen 2018
See also Gingerich 2015, Martínez-Cáceres et al. 2017, Martinez-Cáceres and Muizon 2011 and Uhen 2013
Sister taxon: Cynthiacetus maxwelli
Type specimen: MNHN.F.PRU10, a skeleton (virtually complete skull & skeleton). Its type locality is Paracas Bay, which is in a Priabonian coastal horizon in the Otuma Formation of Peru.
Ecology: aquatic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Paracas Bay
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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