†Ciuciulea davidi Gol'din 2018 (whale)
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Mammalia - Cetacea - Cetotheriidae
Full reference: P. Gol'din. 2018. New Paratethyan dwarf baleen whales mark the origin of cetotheres. PeerJ 6:e5800
Belongs to Ciuciulea according to P. Gol'din 2018
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: ZIRM V 28/1, a partial skeleton (incomplete skull with periotics and tympanic bullae (the left of which was detached for description), lacking rostrum, orbits and most of squamosals; 18 partial). Its type locality is Ciuciulea, which is in a Serravallian marine siltstone in Moldova.
Ecology: aquatic carnivore-suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Ciuciulea
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