Mammalia - Cetacea - Tranatocetidae
Full reference: R. Kellogg. 1934. A new cetothere from the Modelo Formation at Los Angeles, California. Carnegie Institution of Washington 447:83-104
Parent taxon: Tranatocetidae according to F. G. Marx et al. 2016
See also Barnes 1977, Berta 2017, Bisconti 2008, Bisconti 2014, Bisconti et al. 2013, Bouetel 2005, Bouetel and Muizon 2006, Carroll 1988, Gol'din and Steeman 2015, Goldin and Startsev 2014, Goldin et al. 2014, Hampe and Baszio 2010, Kellogg 1934, McKenna and Bell 1997, Sepkoski 2002, Simpson 1945, Steeman 2007, Uhen et al. 2008 and Whitmore and Barnes 2008
Sister taxa: Mesocetus, Plesiocetopsis
Subtaxa: Mixocetus elysius
Ecology: aquatic carnivore-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (3: California collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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