Fragilicetus velponi Bisconti and Bosselaers 2016 (rorqual)

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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