†Notoziphius bruneti Buono and Cozzuol 2013 (beaked whale)
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Mammalia - Cetacea - Ziphiidae
Full reference: M. R. Buono and M. A. Cozzuol. 2013. A new beaked whale (Cetacea, Odontoceti) from the Late Miocene of Patagonia, Argentina. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 33(4):986-997
Belongs to Notoziphius according to M. R. Buono and M. A. Cozzuol 2013
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: MPEF-PV 3282, a partial skull (partial skull and fragments of left and right dentaries). Its type locality is Playa El Doradillo, which is in a Tortonian marine sandstone in the Puerto Madryn Formation of Argentina.
Ecology: aquatic piscivore-carnivore
Distribution: found only at Playa El Doradillo
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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