Mammalia - Cetacea - Tranatocetidae
Full reference: P. Gol'din and M. E. Steeman. 2015. From problem taxa to problem solver: A new Miocene family, Tranatocetidae, brings perspective on baleen whale evolution. PLoS One 10(9):e0135500
Parent taxon: Plicogulae according to P. Gol'din and M. E. Steeman 2015
See also Berta 2017
Sister taxa: Balaenopteroidea, Cetotherioidea, Isanacetus
Subtaxa: Mesocetus Mixocetus Plesiocetopsis
Ecology: aquatic carnivore-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Italy (1 collection)
• Miocene to Pleistocene of the Netherlands (1)
• Miocene of Austria (2), Belgium (4), Bosnia and Herzegovina (4), Chile (1), Croatia (1), France (1), Hungary (1), the Netherlands (2), the Russian Federation (1), Slovakia (2), United States (13: California, Maryland, Virginia)
• Neogene of Chile (1), France (1), the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 37 collections including 42 occurrences