†Platysvercus Guo and Kohno 2023 (toothed whale)
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Mammalia - Cetacea - Lophocetidae
Full reference: Z. Guo and N. Kohno. 2023. An Early Miocene kentriodontoid (Cetacea: Odontoceti) from the western North Pacific, and its implications for their phylogeny and paleobiogeography. PLoS One 18(2):e0280218
Parent taxon: Lophocetidae according to Z. Guo and N. Kohno 2023
Sister taxon: Lophocetus
Subtaxa: Platysvercus ugonis
Type: Platysvercus ugonis
Ecology: aquatic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Tashiro (Miocene of Japan)
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