Mirocetus Mchedlidze 1970 (toothed whale)

Mammalia - Cetacea - Xenorophidae

Full reference: G. A. Mchedlidze. 1970. Nekotorye obschie cherty istorii kitoobraznykh. Chast I 1-111

Parent taxon: Xenorophidae according to J. Velez-Juarbe 2023

See also Barnes 1985, Berta 2017, Carroll 1988, Fordyce 1981, Fordyce 2002, Geisler and Sanders 2003, Marx et al. 2016, Mchedlidze 1970, Mchedlidze 1976, McKenna and Bell 1997, Sanders and Geisler 2015, Sepkoski 2002, Uhen 2005 and Whitmore and Sanders 1977

Sister taxa: Albertocetus, Archaeodelphis, Ashleycetus, Cotylocara, Echovenator, Inermorostrum, Xenorophus

Subtaxa: Mirocetus riabinini

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Ecology: aquatic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Dzhangi (Oligocene of Azerbaijan)

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