†superfamily Thalassotherii Bisconti et al. 2013 (whale)

Mammalia - Cetacea

Full reference: M. Bisconti, O. Lambert, and M. Bosselaers. 2013. Taxonomic revision of Isocetus depauwi (Mammalia, Cetacea, Mysticeti) and the phylogenetic relationships of archaic 'cetothere' mysticetes. Palaeontology 56(1):95-127

Parent taxon: Balaenomorpha according to M. Bisconti et al. 2021

See also Berta 2017, Bisconti 2014, Bisconti and Bosselaers 2016, Bisconti and Bosselaers 2020, Bisconti et al. 2013 and Bisconti et al. 2019

Sister taxa: Balaenoidea, Persufflatius, Thinocetus

Subtaxa: Aglaocetidae Atlanticetus Balaenopteridae Diorocetidae Isocetus Pelocetidae Plesiocetus burtinii

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Ecology: aquatic carnivore-suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Angola (2 collections), Antarctica (2), Argentina (3), Brazil (5), Canada (4: New Brunswick, Ontario, Quebec), Chile (1), China (2), Denmark (13), France (1), Germany (1), Greece (2), Greenland (1), India (1), Italy (3), Japan (20), Mexico (1), Morocco (1), Myanmar (1), the Netherlands (2), New Caledonia (4), Norway (4), Peru (3), South Africa (2), Spain (2), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (2), Taiwan (2), the United Arab Emirates (2), the United Kingdom (7), United States (18: Alaska, California, Florida, Louisiana, Maine, Michigan, North Carolina, Oregon, South Carolina)

• Blancan of Mexico (1)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Ecuador (1), Taiwan (1)

• Pliocene of Australia (5), Belgium (16), Chile (3), France (1), Italy (22), Japan (9), Mexico (1), the Netherlands (4), New Zealand (2), Peru (2), South Africa (15), Spain (8), Taiwan (2), United States (23: California, Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia)

• Hemphillian of United States (1: California)

• Miocene to Pliocene of Australia (1), Belgium (1), Chile (2), Japan (1), Portugal (1), South Africa (2), United States (3: California)

• Miocene to Pleistocene of the Netherlands (1), United States (1: Massachusetts)

• Neogene of Austria (1), South Africa (2), South Pacific (3)

• Miocene of Argentina (3), Australia (4), Austria (7), Belgium (5), Chile (3), Denmark (1), Germany (1), Indonesia (2), Iran (2), Italy (4), Japan (12), Libya (1), Mexico (2), the Netherlands (6), New Zealand (4), Peru (4), Portugal (1), the Russian Federation (1), Slovenia (3), South Africa (1), Spain (1), United States (20: California, Maryland, Virginia)

• Oligocene to Miocene of New Zealand (1)

Total: 337 collections including 430 occurrences

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