Chilcacetus, Lambert & Muizon & Bianucci, 2015

Lambert, Olivier, Muizon, Christian De & Bianucci, Giovanni, 2015, A new archaic homodont toothed cetacean (Mammalia, Cetacea, Odontoceti) from the early Miocene of Peru, Geodiversitas 37 (1), pp. 79-108 : 81

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5252/g2015n1a4
publication LSID	urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:B3DF8C10-7139-4CBA-9093-0795B6ACBBC7
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/7F5E97F1-E854-4363-A251-78EC7030D0F1
taxon LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:act:7F5E97F1-E854-4363-A251-78EC7030D0F1
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Chilcacetus
status	gen. nov.

Treatment

Genus Chilcacetus n. gen.

TYPE AND ONLY SPECIES. — Chilcacetus cavirhinus n. sp.

ETYMOLOGY. — From Chilcatay, the geological formation from which the holotype and referred specimen originate, and “cetus”, whale in Latin.

DIAGNOSIS. — Ŋe diagnosis of the genus is the same as for the only species, Chilcacetus cavirhinus n. gen., n. sp.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Mammalia
Order	Cetacea

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