Mammalia - Cetacea - Protocetidae
Full reference: P. D. Gingerich and H. Cappetta. 2014. A new archaeocete and other marine mammals (Cetacea and Sirenia) from lower middle Eocene phosphate deposits of Togo. Journal of Paleontology 88(1):109-129
Parent taxon: Protocetidae according to K. E. Kassegne et al. 2021
See also Berta 2017, Gao and Ni 2015, Gingerich and Cappetta 2014, Karl and Tichy 2019 and Mourlam and Orliac 2018
Sister taxa: Aegyptocetus, Artiocetus, Babiacetus, Carolinacetus, Crenatocetus, Dhedacetus, Eocetus, Gaviacetus, Georgiacetinae, Georgiacetus, Indocetinae, Indocetus, Kharodacetus, Maiacetus, Makaracetinae, Makaracetus, Natchitochia, Pappocetinae, Pappocetus, Peregocetus, Phiomicetus, Pontobasileus, Protocetinae, Protocetus, Qaisracetus, Rodhocetus, Takracetus, Tupelocetus
Subtaxa: Togocetus traversei
Ecology: aquatic carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Austria (1 collection), Togo (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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