Mammalia - Cetacea - Basilosauridae
Full reference: G. Bianucci, O. Lambert, M. Urbina, M. Merella, A. Collareta, R. Bennion, R. Salas-Gismondi, A. Benites-Palomino, K. Post, C. Muizon, G. Bosio, C. Di Celma, E. Malinverno, P. R. Pierantoni, I. M. Villa and E. Amson. 2023. A heavyweight early whale pushes the boundaries of vertebrate morphology. Nature
Belongs to Perucetus according to G. Bianucci et al. 2023
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: MUSM 3248, a partial skeleton (partial skeleton includ- ing 13 vertebrae (two tentatively referred to the last thoracics named here Th-a and Th-b and the others to the anterior lumbars named ). Its type locality is Zamaca, south, which is in a Bartonian marine horizon in the Paracas Formation of Peru.
Ecology: aquatic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Zamaca, south
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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