†Zygiocetus Tarasenko 2014 (whale)
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Mammalia - Cetacea - Cetotheriidae
Full reference: K. K. Tarasenko. 2014. New Genera of Baleen Whales (Cetacea, Mammalia) from the Miocene of the Northern Caucasus and Ciscaucasia: 3. Zygiocetus gen. nov. (Middle Sarmatian, Adygea). Paleontological Journal 48(5):551-562
Parent taxon: Cetotheriinae according to P. Goldin and D. Startsev 2017
See also Berta 2017, Marx et al. 2016 and Tarasenko 2014
Sister taxa: Brandtocetus, Cetotherium, Kurdalagonus, Mithridatocetus
Subtaxa: Zygiocetus nartorum
Type: Zygiocetus nartorum
Ecology: aquatic carnivore-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene of the Russian Federation (1 collection), Ukraine (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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