†Brandtocetus Goldin and Startsev 2014 (whale)
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Mammalia - Cetacea - Cetotheriidae
Full reference: P. Goldin and D. Startsev. 2014. Brandtocetus, a new genus of baleen whales (Cetacea, Cetotheriidae) from the late Miocene of Crimea, Ukraine. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 34(2):419-433
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, Marx et al. 2016 and Marx and Fordyce 2015
Sister taxa: Cetotherium, Kurdalagonus, Mithridatocetus, Zygiocetus
Subtaxa: Brandtocetus chongulek
Ecology: aquatic carnivore-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene of Ukraine (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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