Mammalia - Cetacea - Cetotheriidae
Full reference: K. K. Tarasenko and A. V. Lopatin. 2012. New Baleen Whale Genera (Cetacea, Mammalia) from the Miocene of the Northern Caucasus and Ciscaucasia: 1. Kurdalagonus gen. nov. from the Middle–Late Sarmatian of Adygea. Paleontological Journal 46(5):531-542
Parent taxon: Cetotheriinae according to P. Goldin and D. Startsev 2017
See also Berta 2017, Gol'din 2018, Gol'din and Steeman 2015, Goldin and Startsev 2014, Goldin et al. 2014, Marx et al. 2016, Marx and Fordyce 2015, Marx et al. 2016 and Tarasenko and Lopatin 2012
Sister taxa: Brandtocetus, Cetotherium, Mithridatocetus, Zygiocetus
Subtaxa: Kurdalagonus maicopicus Kurdalagonus mchedlidzei
Ecology: aquatic carnivore-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene of the Russian Federation (5 collections)
Total: 5 collections including 6 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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