†Microcetus ambiguus Meyer 1840 (toothed whale)
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Alternative combinations: Neosqualodon ambiguus, Phoca ambigua, Squalodon ambiguum, Squalodon ambiguus
Full reference: H. Meyer. 1840. Phoca ambiguua, Munster. Beitrage zur Petrefacten-Kunde 3:1-11
Belongs to Microcetus according to Y. Tanaka and R. E. Fordyce 2015
See also Dal Piaz 1916, Fordyce and de Muizon 2001, Kellogg 1922, Kellogg 1923, Meyer 1840, Rothausen 1961, Sanders et al. 1982, Trouessart 1898, Trouessart 1904 and Zittel 1925
Sister taxon: Microcetus sharkovi
Type specimen: Its type locality is Doberg bei Bünde, which is in a Chattian marine mixed carbonate-siliciclastic in the Doberg Formation of Germany
Ecology: aquatic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Doberg bei Bünde
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