†Preaulophyseter gualichensis Caviglia and Jorge 1980 (toothed whale)
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Alternative combination: Preaulophyseter gaulichensis
Full reference: S. E. Caviglia and R. E. Jorge. 1980. Preaulophyseter gualichensis Gen. et sp. nov. (Cetacea; Physeteridae), en el Terciario marino de Rio Negro, Republica Argentina. Actas del Segundo Congresso Argentino de Paleontologia y Beoestratigrafia 2:363-370
Belongs to Preaulophyseter according to L. M. Perez et al. 2011
See also Caviglia and Jorge 1980 and Kazár 2002
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: MLP 76-IX-5-1. Its type locality is Puesto Echavez, which is in an Oligocene/Miocene marine horizon in the Gran Bajo del Gualicho Formation of Argentina.
Ecology: aquatic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Puesto Echavez
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