Mammalia - Cetacea - Aetiocetidae
Full reference: D. Emlong. 1966. A new archaic cetacean from the Oligocene of Northwest Oregon. Bulletin of the Museum of Natural History, University of Oregon 3:1-51
Parent taxon: Aetiocetidae according to R. E. Fordyce and F. G. Marx 2018
See also Benton 1993, Berta 2017, Boessenecker and Fordyce 2015, Bouetel and Muizon 2006, Carroll 1988, Emlong 1966, Fitzgerald 2010, Fordyce 1982, Fordyce and Marx 2016, Geisler et al. 2011, Geisler and Sanders 2003, Hernández Cisneros et al. 2017, Hernández Cisneros and Velez-Juarbe 2024, Marx and Fordyce 2015, Marx et al. 2016, Mchedlidze 1976, McKenna and Bell 1997, Orr and Miller 1983, Sepkoski 2002, Steeman 2007, Tsai and Kohno 2017, Uhen 2008, Uhen et al. 2008 and Whitmore and Sanders 1977
Sister taxa: Aetiocetinae, Ashorocetus, Chonecetinae, Chonecetus, Fucaia, Kaaucetus, Morawanocetinae, Salishicetus, Tohoraata, Willungacetus
Subtaxa: Aetiocetus cotylalveus Aetiocetus palmadentis Aetiocetus polydentatus Aetiocetus weltoni
Type: Aetiocetus cotylalveus
Ecology: aquatic carnivore-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Oligocene of Japan (2 collections), Mexico (2), United States (5: Oregon)
Total: 9 collections including 10 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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