Mammalia - Cetacea - Aetiocetidae

Full reference: A. E. Hernández-Cisneros. 2022. A new aetiocetid (Cetacea, Mysticeti, Aetiocetidae) from the late Oligocene of Mexico. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 20(1):2100725

Parent taxon: Aetiocetidae according to A. E. Hernández-Cisneros 2022

Sister taxa: Aetiocetinae, Aetiocetus, Ashorocetus, Chonecetinae, Chonecetus, Fucaia, Morawanocetinae, Salishicetus, Tohoraata, Willungacetus

Subtaxa: Kaaucetus thesaurus

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Type: Kaaucetus thesaurus

Ecology: aquatic carnivore-suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Mesa Tesoro (Oligocene of Mexico)

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Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.