Mammalia - Cetacea - Cetotheriidae
Full reference: P. Goldin and D. Startsev. 2017. A systematic review of cetothere baleen whales (Cetacea, Cetotheriidae ) from the Late Miocene of Crimea and Caucasus, with a new genus. Papers in Paleontology 3(1):49-68
Parent taxon: Cetotheriinae according to P. Goldin and D. Startsev 2017
See also Gol'din 2018 and Torcărescu 2023
Sister taxa: Brandtocetus, Cetotherium, Kurdalagonus, Zygiocetus
Subtaxa: Cetotherium mayeri Mithridatocetus adygeicus Mithridatocetus eichwaldi
Type: Mithridatocetus eichwaldi
Ecology: aquatic carnivore-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Neogene of Ukraine (1 collection)
• Miocene of Georgia (1), Romania (1), the Russian Federation (4), Ukraine (3)
Total: 10 collections each including a single occurrence
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