†Mirocetus Mchedlidze 1970 (toothed whale)
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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
Ecology: aquatic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Dzhangi (Oligocene of Azerbaijan)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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