Zarhachis tysonii Cope 1869 (toothed whale)

Mammalia - Cetacea - Platanistidae

Alternative combination: Zarhachis tysoni

Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1869. Third contribution to the fauna of the Miocene period of the United States. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 21(11):6-13

Belongs to Zarhachis according to O. P. Hay 1930

See also Case 1904, Cope 1869, Hay 1902, Leidy 1869, Trouessart 1898, Trouessart 1904 and Van Beneden and Gervais 1880

Sister taxa: Zarhachis crassangulum, Zarhachis flagellator, Zarhachis velox

Type specimen: Its type locality is Drum Point, which is in a Tortonian offshore shelf horizon in the St Marys Formation of Maryland

Ecology: aquatic piscivore

Distribution: found only at Drum Point

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