†Odobenocetops peruvianus de Muizon 1993 (toothed whale)
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Mammalia - Cetacea - Odobenocetopsidae
Full reference: C. de Muizon. 1993. Walrus-like feeding adaptation in a new cetacean from the Pliocene of Peru. Nature 365:745-748
Belongs to Odobenocetops according to C. d. Muizon and D. P. Domning 2002
See also de Muizon 1993 and Muizon 2002
Sister taxon: Odobenocetops leptodon
Type specimen: USNM 460306, a partial skull. Its type locality is Sud-Sacaco West (SAS) horizon, which is in a Messinian foreshore siltstone in the Pisco Formation of Peru.
Ecology: aquatic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Sud-Sacaco West (SAS) horizon
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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