†Dagonodum mojnum Ramassamy 2016 (beaked whale)
Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.
Mammalia - Cetacea - Ziphiidae
Full reference: B. Ramassamy. 2016. Description of a new long-snouted beaked whale from the Late Miocene of Denmark: evolution of suction feeding and sexual dimorphism in the Ziphiidae (Cetacea: Odontoceti). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 178:381-409
Belongs to Dagonodum according to B. Ramassamy 2016
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: MSM1001x, a partial skeleton (partial skull and skeleton with periotic and tympanic). Its type locality is Gram Brick Works, which is in a Tortonian marine claystone in the Gram Formation of Denmark.
Ecology: aquatic piscivore-carnivore
Distribution: found only at Gram Brick Works
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.