Alternative combinations: Ontocetus oxymycterus, Scaldicetus oxymycterus
Full reference: R. Kellogg. 1925. A fossil physeteroid cetacean from Santa Barbara County California. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 66(27):1-8
Belongs to Albicetus according to A. T. Boersma and N. D. Pyenson 2015
See also Barnes 1977, Hay 1930, Kellogg 1925, Kohno and Ray 2008 and Uhen et al. 2008
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: USNM 10923, a partial skull (incomplete extremity of the rostrum and mandibles, with 10 or 11 roots or portions of teeth in situ in each mandible). Its type locality is Santa Barbara Lighthouse, which is in a Langhian slope dolomite in the Monterey Formation of California.
Ecology: aquatic carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Japan (4 collections), United States (1: California)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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