Inticetus vertizi Lambert et al. 2017 (toothed whale)

Mammalia - Cetacea - Inticetidae

Full reference: O. Lambert, C. de Muizon, E. Malinverno, C. Di Celma, M. Urbina and G. Bianucci. 2017. A new odontocete (toothed cetacean) from the Early Miocene of Peru expands the morphological disparity of extinct heterodont dolphins. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology

Belongs to Inticetus according to O. Lambert et al. 2017

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: MUSM 1980, a partial skeleton (skull with periotics, bullae and partial skeleton). Its type locality is Roca Negra, which is in a Burdigalian marine sandstone in the Chilcatay Formation of Peru.

Ecology: aquatic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Roca Negra

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