Pontobasileus tuberculatus Leidy 1873 (whale)

Mammalia - Cetacea

Full reference: J. Leidy. 1873. Part I. Contributions to the extinct vertebrate fauna of the western territories. Report of the United States Geological Survey of the Territories 1:1-358

Belongs to Pontobasileus according to J. Leidy 1873

See also Hay 1902, Hay 1930, Hulbert et al. 1998, Kellogg 1936, McLeod and Barnes 2008, Trouessart 1898, Trouessart 1904 and Uhen 2008

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: ANSP 11216, a tooth (fragment of posterior part of upper or lower p2)

Ecology: aquatic carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Pontobasileus tuberculatus in the database

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