†Piscocetus sacaco Pilleri and Pilleri 1989 (whale)
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Full reference: G. Pilleri and O. Pilleri. 1989. Bartenwale aus der Pisco-Formation Perus. Beitrage zur Palaontologie der cetaceen Perus 11-38
Belongs to Piscocetus according to G. Pilleri and O. Pilleri 1989
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: APA-05, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Sacaco (SAO horizon), which is in a Tortonian/Messinian paralic siltstone in the Pisco Formation of Peru.
Ecology: aquatic carnivore-suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Sacaco (SAO horizon)
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