†Messapicetus gregarius Bianucci et al. 2010 (beaked whale)
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Mammalia - Cetacea - Ziphiidae
Full reference: G. Bianucci, O. Lambert, and K. Post. 2010. High concentration of long-snouted beaked whales (Genus Messapicetus) from the Miocene of Peru. Palaeontology 53(5):1077-1098
Belongs to Messapicetus according to B. Ramassamy 2016
See also Bianucci et al. 2016, Bianucci et al. 2010 and Ramassamy et al. 2018
Sister taxon: Messapicetus longirostris
Type specimen: MUSM 1037, a skull. Its type locality is Cerro Colorado (Pisco, Miocene), which is in a Tortonian coastal horizon in the Pisco Formation of Peru.
Ecology: aquatic piscivore-carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Peru (4 collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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