Koristocetus Collareta et al. 2017 (pygmy sperm whale)

Mammalia - Cetacea - Kogiidae

Full reference: A. Collareta, O. Lambert, C. Muizon, M. Urbina, and G. Bianucci. 2017. Koristocetus pescei gen. et sp. nov., a diminutive sperm whale (Cetacea: Odontoceti: Kogiidae) from the late Miocene of Peru. Fossil Record 20:259-278

Parent taxon: Kogiinae according to A. Collareta et al. 2017

Sister taxa: Kogia, Nanokogia, Pliokogia, Praekogia

Subtaxa: Koristocetus pescei

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Type: Koristocetus pescei

Ecology: aquatic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Aguada de Lomas (Miocene of Peru)

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