Chilcacetus cavirhinus Lambert et al. 2015 (toothed whale)

Mammalia - Cetacea

Full reference: O. Lambert, C. de Muizon, and G. Bianucci. 2015. A new archaic homodont toothed cetacean (Mammalia, Cetacea, Odontoceti) from the early Miocene of Peru. Geodiversitas 37(1):79-108

Belongs to Chilcacetus according to O. Lambert et al. 2015

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: MNHN.F.PRU11, a skull (skull). Its type locality is Ullujaya, Chilcatay Formation, which is in a Burdigalian marine siltstone/sandstone in the Chilcatay Formation of Peru.

Ecology: aquatic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Ullujaya, Chilcatay Formation

Show more details


Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.


Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.