†Koristocetus pescei Collareta et al. 2017 (pygmy sperm whale)
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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
Belongs to Koristocetus according to A. Collareta et al. 2017
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: MUSM 888, a partial skull. Its type locality is Aguada de Lomas, which is in a Tortonian foreshore siltstone in the Pisco Formation of Peru.
Ecology: aquatic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Aguada de Lomas
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