†subfamily Scaphokogiinae Muizon 1988 (pygmy sperm whale)

Mammalia - Cetacea - Kogiidae

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

Parent taxon: Kogiidae according to A. Collareta et al. 2017

See also Benites-Palomino et al. 2020, Benites-Palomino et al. 2023, Bianucci and Landini 2007, Fordyce and de Muizon 2001, Marx et al. 2016, Muizon 1988 and Muizon 1990

Sister taxa: Aprixokogia, Kogiinae

Subtaxa: Platyscaphokogia Scaphokogia

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Ecology: aquatic carnivore

Distribution:

• Pliocene of Mexico (1 collection)

• Miocene of Panama (1), Peru (5)

Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence

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