†Kaaucetus thesaurus Hernández-Cisneros 2022 (whale)
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Mammalia - Cetacea - Aetiocetidae
Full reference: A. E. Hernández-Cisneros. 2022. A new aetiocetid (Cetacea, Mysticeti, Aetiocetidae) from the late Oligocene of Mexico. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 20(1):2100725
Belongs to Kaaucetus according to A. E. Hernández-Cisneros 2022
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: MHN-UABCS_EcSj1/29/141, a partial skull. Its type locality is Mesa Tesoro, which is in a Chattian lagoonal mudstone in the El Cien Formation of Mexico.
Ecology: aquatic carnivore-suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Mesa Tesoro
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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