†Odobenocetops Muizon 1993 (toothed whale)

Mammalia - Cetacea - Odobenocetopsidae

Full reference: C. Muizon. 1993. Walrus-like feeding adaptation in a new cetacean from the Pliocene of Peru. Nature 365:745-748

Parent taxon: Odobenocetopsidae according to F. G. Marx et al. 2016

See also Berta 2017, Fordyce and de Muizon 2001, McKenna and Bell 1997, Muizon 1993, Muizon 2002, Muizon et al. 1999 and Murakami et al. 2014

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Odobenocetops leptodon Odobenocetops peruvianus

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Type: Odobenocetops peruvianus

Ecology: aquatic carnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of Chile (1 collection), Peru (2)

Total: 3 collections including 4 occurrences

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