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Taxonomy
Piscocetus sacaco was named by Pilleri and Pilleri (1989) [private fossil collection of Dr. Alejandro Pezzia Assereto]. Its type specimen is APA-05, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Sacaco (SAO horizon), which is in a Tortonian/Messinian paralic siltstone in the Pisco Formation of Peru. It is the type species of Piscocetus.
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1989 | Piscocetus sacaco Pilleri and Pilleri |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
†Piscocetus sacaco Pilleri and Pilleri 1989
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available