Mammalia - Cetacea

Full reference: T. Kimura, Y. Hasegawa, and T. Suzuki. 2022. A new species of baleen whale (Isanacetus-Group) from the Early Miocene, Japan. Paleontological Research 27(1):85-101

Parent taxon: Chaeomysticeti according to T. Kimura et al. 2022

Sister taxa: Balaenomorpha, Cetotheriidae, Cetotheriopsidae, Cetotheriopsis, Cetotherium incertum, Cetotherium klinderi, Cetotherium pusillum, Eomysticetidae, Eomysticetoidea, Halicetus, Megapteropsis, Piscocetus, Plicogulae, Sitsqwayk, Tlaxcallicetus

Subtaxa: Jobancetus pacificus

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Type: Jobancetus pacificus

Ecology: aquatic carnivore-suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Iwaki Koyo High School (Miocene of Japan)

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