Full reference: R. Kellogg. 1965. A new whalebone whale from the Miocene Calvert Formation. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 247(1):1-45
Parent taxon: Panbalaenopteroidea according to M. S. Leslie et al. 2019
See also Berta 2017, Bisconti et al. 2013, Boessenecker and Fordyce 2015, Bouetel and Muizon 2006, Carroll 1988, Geisler et al. 2011, Geisler and Sanders 2003, Ginsburg and Janvier 1971, Ginsburg and Janvier 1975, Gottfried et al. 1994, Kellogg 1965, Marx and Fordyce 2015, McKenna and Bell 1997, Otsuka and Ota 2008, Sepkoski 2002, Steeman 2007, Uhen et al. 2008 and Whitmore and Barnes 2008
Sister taxa: Kennedycetus, Norrisanima, Parabalaenoptera
Subtaxa: Pelocetus calvertensis Pelocetus mirabilis
Ecology: aquatic carnivore-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene of France (1 collection), Japan (1), Peru (1), United States (4: Maryland, Virginia)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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