Mammalia - Cetacea - Balaenidae
Full reference: A. Cabrera. 1926. Cetaceos fossiles del Museo de La Plata. Revista del Museo de La Plata 29:363-411
Parent taxon: Balaenidae according to M. R. Buono et al. 2017
See also Benton 1993, Berta 2017, Cabrera 1926, Canto et al. 2010, Carroll 1988, Churchill et al. 2012, Cione et al. 2011, Cozzuol 1996, Fordyce 2002, Kellogg 1928, Kellogg 1942, Marx and Fordyce 2015, Marx et al. 2016, McKenna and Bell 1997, Sepkoski 2002, Simpson 1945 and Steeman 2007
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Morenocetus parvus
Ecology: aquatic suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene to Pliocene of Chile (1 collection)
• Miocene of Argentina (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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