Priscophyseter typus Portis 1886 (toothed whale)

Mammalia - Cetacea

Full reference: A. Portis. 1886. Catalogo descrittivo dei Talassoterii rinevnuti nei Terreni Terziarii del Piemonte e Della Ligura. Memorie della Reale Accademia Scienze di Torino 37(2):247-365

Belongs to Priscophyseter according to D. Ormezzano and A. Lanzetti 2014

See also Kazár 2002, Portis 1886, Trouessart 1898 and Trouessart 1904

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: UTMP no #?. Its type locality is Astigiana, which is in a Zanclean marine horizon in the Sabbie Gialle Formation of Italy.

Ecology: aquatic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Astigiana

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