Mammalia - Cetacea - Cetotheriidae
Full reference: M. Bisconti. 2012. Comparative osteology and phylogenetic relationships of Miocaperea pulchra, the first fossil pygmy right whale genus and species (Cetacea, Mysticeti, Neobalaenidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 166:876-911
Belongs to Miocaperea according to F. G. Marx et al. 2016
See also Bisconti 2012, Gol'din and Steeman 2015, Marx and Fordyce 2015 and Tsai and Fordyce 2015
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: SMNS 46978, a partial skull (Skull subdivided into two parts: one including the rostrum and the other including the neurocranium. The tympanic bullae are missing.). Its type locality is Aguada de Lomas, which is in a Tortonian foreshore siltstone in the Pisco Formation of Peru.
Ecology: aquatic carnivore-suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Aguada de Lomas
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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