Togocetus traversei Gingerich and Cappetta 2014 (whale)

Mammalia - Cetacea - Protocetidae

Full reference: P. D. Gingerich and H. Cappetta. 2014. A new archaeocete and other marine mammals (Cetacea and Sirenia) from lower middle Eocene phosphate deposits of Togo. Journal of Paleontology 88(1):109-129

Belongs to Togocetus according to P. D. Gingerich and H. Cappetta 2014

See also Karl and Tichy 2019 and Mourlam and Orliac 2018

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: KPG-M 1, a mandible (left dentary with M3). Its type locality is Kpogamé-Hahotoe, which is in a Lutetian marine phosphorite in Togo.

Ecology: aquatic carnivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of Austria (1 collection), Togo (1)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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