Alternative combination: Prosqualodon australe
Synonyms: Prosqualodon davidi Flynn 1923, Prosqualodon davidis Flynn 1923
Full reference: R. Lydekker. 1894. Cetacean skulls from Patagonia. Anales del Museo de la Plata II:1-13
Belongs to Prosqualodon according to C. M. Gaetán et al. 2019
See also Abel 1914, Ameghino 1901, Fitzgerald 2004, Flynn 1923, Flynn 1932, Flynn 1948, Fordyce 1981, Fordyce 1991, Fordyce and Roberts 2009, Gaetán et al. 2025, Geisler et al. 2011, Kellogg 1923, Kellogg 1942, Lydekker 1894, Sanders et al. 1982, Tanaka et al. 2023, Trouessart 1898, Trouessart 1904 and Zittel 1925
Sister taxa: none
Type specimens:
- Prosqualodon australis: MLP 5-9, a skull. Its type locality is Cerro del Castillo, Trelew, which is in an Aquitanian/Burdigalian shallow subtidal sandstone in the Gaiman Formation of Argentina.
- Prosqualodon davidis: UTDG85542-85576, 85578-85603, a partial skeleton (partial skull and skeleton). Its type locality is PL3029 - Upper Bed, Table Cape, which is in an Aquitanian shoreface sandstone/siltstone in the Fossil Bluff Sandstone Formation of Australia.
Ecology: aquatic carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Argentina (11 collections), Australia (1), Venezuela (1)
• Waitakian of New Zealand (1)
• Oligocene of New Zealand (1)
Total: 15 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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