Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Platanistidae

PaleoDB taxon number: 64470

Alternative combinations: Eurhinodelphis suessi, Pachyacanthus suessi, Priscodelphinus suessii

Synonyms: Cetotherium ambiguum Brandt 1872 (no. 69838), Pachyacanthus ambiguum Brandt 1872 (no. 194209), Pachyacanthus andrussovi Dombrovsky 1925 (no. 86852), Pachyacanthus bajarunasi Dombrovsky 1925 (no. 86853), Pachyacanthus letochae Brandt 1873 (no. 94696), Pachyacanthus trachyspondylus Brandt 1871 (no. 70505)

Full reference: J. F. Brandt. 1871. Bericht uber den Fortgang meiner Studien uber di Cetaceen, welche das grosse zur Tertiarzeit von Mitteleuropa bis Centralasien hinein ausgedehnte Meeresbechen bevolkerten. Bulletin de l'Academie Imperiale de St. Petersbourg 1871:563-566

Belongs to Pachyacanthus according to E. Kazár 2010

Sister taxa: none

Type specimens:

• Pachyacanthus suessii: Its type locality is Hernals, which is in a Langhian marine sandstone in Austria
• Cetotherium ambiguum: Its type locality is Nussdorf, which is in a Sarmatian marine claystone in Austria.
• Pachyacanthus andrussovi: Its type locality is Manguishlak, which is in a Serravallian marine horizon in Kazakhstan.
• Pachyacanthus bajarunasi: Its type locality is Manguishlak, which is in a Serravallian marine horizon in Kazakhstan.
• Pachyacanthus letochae: Its type locality is Nussdorf, which is in a Sarmatian marine claystone in Austria.
• Pachyacanthus trachyspondylus:

Ecology: scansorial piscivore