Palaeophocaena andrussowi Abel 1905 (toothed whale)

Mammalia - Cetacea

Full reference: O. Abel. 1905. Eine Stammtype der Delphiniden aus dem Miocan der Halbinsel Taman. Jahrbuch der Kaiserlich-Koniglichen Geologischen Reichsanstalt 60:375-388

Belongs to Palaeophocaena according to L. G. Barnes 1985

See also Abel 1905 and Kudrin and Tatarinov 1966

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Its type locality is Taman Peninsula, which is in a Serravallian marine claystone in the Russian Federation

Ecology: aquatic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Taman Peninsula

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