Phococetus vasconum Delfortrie 1873 (toothed whale)

Mammalia - Cetacea

Alternative combination: Zeuglodon vasconum

Full reference: M. Delfortrie. 1873. Un Zeuglodon dans les faluns du sud-ouest de la France. Journal de Zoologie 1874:25-30

Belongs to Phococetus according to M. Martínez-Cáceres et al. 2017

See also Abel 1914, Brandt 1874, Delfortrie 1873, Gervais 1876, Harland et al. 1967, Kellogg 1923, Kellogg 1936, Sanders et al. 1982, Stromer 1903, Trouessart 1898, Trouessart 1904, Uhen 2018, van Vliet 2004 and Zittel 1894

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Its type locality is Saint-Medard-en-Jalle, which is in a Burdigalian marine sandstone in the Molasse of Saint Médard-en-Jalle Formation of France

Ecology: aquatic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Saint-Medard-en-Jalle

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