Mammalia - Cetacea - Mystacodontidae
Full reference: O. Lambert, M. Martínez-Cáeres, G. Bianucci, E. Steurbaut, M. Urbina and C. Muizon. 2017. Earliest Mysticete from the Late Eocene of Peru Sheds New Light on the Origin of Baleen Whales. Current Biology 27:17
Parent taxon: Mysticeti according to C. de Muizon et al. 2019
See also Lambert et al. 2017
Sister taxa: Aetiocetidae, Aetiocetoidea, Amphitera, Aulocetus calaritanus, Aulocetus lovisati, Balaena cortesii, Balaena simpsoni, Borealodon, Burtinopsis, Cetotheriomorphus, Chaeomysticeti, Coronodonidae, Crenaticeti, Eschrichtioidea, Eschrichtius expansus, Eschrichtius leptocentrus, Eschrichtius pusillus, Horopeta, Kinetomenta, Llanocetidae, Maiabalaena, Mammalodontidae, Mauicetus brevicollis, Mesoteras, Mesoteras kerrianus, Metasqualodon, Mioceta, Notiocetus, Notiocetus platensis, Plesiocetus, Probalaena, Pterobalaenidae, Rhegnopsis, Siphonocetus, Sitsqwayk, Squalodon serratus, Toipahautea, Tretulias, Tretulias buccatus, Ulias, Whakakai
Subtaxa: Mystacodon
Ecology: aquatic carnivore-suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Playa Media Luna, Priabonian (Eocene of Peru)