†Vampalus sayasanicus Tarasenko and Lopatin 2012 (whale)
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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: 2. Vampalus gen. nov. from the Middle–Late Miocene of Chechnya and Krasnodar Region. Palaeontological Journal 46(6):620-629
Belongs to Vampalus according to K. K. Tarasenko and A. V. Lopatin 2012
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: PIN 5341, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Saysaan, which is in a Miocene/Miocene marine horizon in the Russian Federation.
Ecology: aquatic carnivore-suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Saysaan
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