Idiocetus Capellini 1876 (right whale)

Mammalia - Cetacea - Balaenidae

Full reference: G. Capellini. 1876. Sulle balene fossili toscane. Atti della Reale Accademia dei Lincei 3:9-14

Parent taxon: Balaenidae according to F. G. Marx et al. 2016

See also Berta 2017, Carroll 1988, Churchill et al. 2007, Cioppi 2014, Kellogg 1928, Kellogg 1931, Matsumoto 1926, McKenna and Bell 1997, Oishi and Hasegawa 1995, Palmer 1904, Pilleri 1987, Sepkoski 2002, Simpson 1945, Steeman 2010, Trouessart 1898, Trouessart 1904, True 1912 and Whitmore and Barnes 2008

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Idiocetus guicciardinii Idiocetus tsugarensis

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Ecology: aquatic suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Pliocene of Italy (1 collection)

• Miocene of Japan (1)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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