Pinocetus polonicus Czyzewska and Ryziewicz 1976 (whale)

Mammalia - Cetacea

Full reference: T. Czyzewska and Z. Ryziewicz. 1976. Pinocetus polonicus gen. n. sp. n. (Cetacea) from the Miocene limestones of Pinczow, Poland. Palaeontologica Polonica 21(3):259-298

Belongs to Pinocetus according to F. G. Marx and R. E. Fordyce 2015

See also Czyzewska and Ryziewicz 1976 and Marx 2011

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Its type locality is Nowa Wies, which is in a Langhian open shallow subtidal limestone in the Pińczów Limestone Formation of Poland

Ecology: aquatic carnivore-suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Nowa Wies

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