Mammalia - Cetacea - Cetotheriidae
Alternative combinations: Plesiocetopsis megalophysum, Plesiocetus megalophysum
Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1895. Fourth contribution to the marine fauna of the Miocene Period of the United States. Proceedings of the American Philosphical Society 34:135-155
Belongs to Cetotherium according to P. Gol'din and M. E. Steeman 2015
See also Abel 1938, Case 1904, Cope 1895, Goldin and Startsev 2014, Hay 1902, Hay 1930, Kellogg 1925, Marx 2011, Marx et al. 2016, Marx and Fordyce 2015, Steeman 2007, Trouessart 1898 and Trouessart 1904
Sister taxa: Cetotherium capellinii, Cetotherium crassangulum, Cetotherium furlongi, Cetotherium parvum, Cetotherium polyporum, Cetotherium rathkii, Cetotherium riabinini
Type specimen: USNM 10593, a partial skull
Ecology: aquatic carnivore-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (2: Maryland collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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