†Fragilicetus velponi Bisconti and Bosselaers 2016 (rorqual)
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Mammalia - Cetacea - Balaenopteridae
Full reference: M. Bisconti and M. Bosselaers. 2016. Fragilicetus velponi: a new mysticete genus and species and its implications for the origin of Balaenopteridae (Mammalia, Cetacea, Mysticeti). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 177:450-474
Belongs to Fragilicetus according to M. Bisconti and M. Bosselaers 2016
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: NMR 999100007727, a partial skull. Its type locality is Deurganckdok, Kattendijk Member, which is in a Zanclean marine sandstone in the Kattendijk Formation of the Netherlands.
Ecology: aquatic suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Deurganckdok, Kattendijk Member
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