Tagicetus Lambert et al. 2005 (toothed whale)

Mammalia - Cetacea

Full reference: O. Lambert, M. Estevens, and R. Smith. 2005. A new kentriodontine from the middle Miocene of Portugal. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 50(2):239-248

Parent taxon: Delphinida according to C. Peredo et al. 2018

See also Berta 2017, Guo and Kohno 2023, Kazár and Hampe 2014, Lambert et al. 2005 and Marx et al. 2016

Sister taxa: Anacharsis, Atocetus, Brevirostrodelphis, Cammackacetus, Delphinavus, Delphinoidea, Hadrodelphis, Herbeinodelphis, Inioidea, Kentriodontidae, Kentriodontoidea, Liolithax, Lipotidae, Lipotoidea, Macrokentriodon, Miminiacetus, Miodelphis, Monodontoidae, Pictodelphis, Pithanodelphis, Platylithax, Westmorelandelphis

Subtaxa: Tagicetus joneti

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Ecology: aquatic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Penedo Norte (Miocene of Portugal)

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