†Scaphokogia cochlearis Muizon 1988 (pygmy sperm whale)
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Full reference: C. Muizon. 1988. Les vertebres fossiles de la Formation Pisco (Perou). Troisieme partie: Les Odontocetes (Cetacea, Mammalia) du Miocene. Editions Recherche sur les Civilisations (78)1-244
Belongs to Scaphokogia according to J. Velez-Juarbe et al. 2015
See also Benites-Palomino et al. 2020, Cozzuol 1996, Kazár 2002, Muizon 1988 and Uhen et al. 2008
Sister taxon: Scaphokogia totajpe
Type specimen: Its type locality is Aguada de Lomas, which is in a Tortonian foreshore siltstone in the Pisco Formation of Peru
Ecology: aquatic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Aguada de Lomas
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