Mammalia - Cetacea - Eomysticetidae

Full reference: A. E. Hernández-Cisneros, T. Schwennicke, H. Rochín-Bañaga and C.-H. Tsai. 2024. Echericetus novellus n. gen. n. sp. (Cetacea, Mysticeti, Eomysticetidae), an Oligocene baleen whale from Baja California Sur, Mexico. Journal of Paleontology

Parent taxon: Eomysticetidae according to A. E. Hernández-Cisneros et al. 2024

Sister taxa: Cochimicetus, Eomysticetus, Matapanui, Micromysticetus, Tokarahia, Waharoa, Yamatocetus

Subtaxa: Echericetus novellus

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Type: Echericetus novellus

Ecology: aquatic carnivore-suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Rancho La Palma (Oligocene to Miocene of Mexico)

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