Tretosphrys Cope 1868 (whale)

Mammalia - Cetacea

Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1868. Second contribution to the history of the Vertebrata of the Miocene period of the United States. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 1868:184-194

Parent taxon: Cetacea according to J. J., Jr. Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Ambulocetidae, Anarnak, Archaeocetus, Argyrocetidae, Balaenodontae, Balaenoidorum, Berardiopsis miocaenus, Berardiopsis pliocaenus, Canis primigenius, Cetotheriomorphus dubius, Cetotherium priscum, Cetotolites, Globicephalus eocaenus, Halicore maximovitschii, Loncodelphis, Manatus giganteus, Mystacoceta, Nanisocetus, Neoballaenidae, Otaria leclercii, Oxypterus, Pakicetidae, Palaeocetus, Pelagiceti, Procetus, Proteroceta, Protocetidae, Protocetoidea, Remingtonocetidae, Remingtonocetoidea, Rhynchoceti, Zeugloceta, Ziphius blasii, Balanadae

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: aquatic carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Tretosphrys in the database

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