Alternative combinations: Callignathus simus, Kogia simus, Physeter (Euphysetes) simus
Full reference: R. Owen. 1866. On some Indian Cetacea collected by Walter Elliot, Esq. Transactions of the Zoological Society of London 6(1):17-47
Belongs to Kogia according to J. Velez-Juarbe et al. 2015
See also Agnarsson and May-Collado 2008, Barnes 1977, Bloodworth and Odell 2008, Gill 1871, Hershkovitz 1966, Mead and Brownell 2005, Nagorsen 1985, Rice 1998, Schulte 1937 and Vidal 1991
Sister taxa: Kogia breviceps, Kogia danomurai, Kogia pusilla
Type specimen: BMNH 1474c-73.6.25.2, a skeleton. Its type locality is Waltair, which is in a Holocene coastal horizon in India.
Ecology: aquatic carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of India (1 collection), New Caledonia (3)
• Pliocene of Italy (1)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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