†Echericetus novellus Hernández-Cisneros et al. 2024 (whale)
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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
Belongs to Echericetus according to A. E. Hernández-Cisneros et al. 2024
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: MRAHBCS Pal/V119, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Rancho La Palma, which is in an Oligocene/Miocene marine horizon in Mexico.
Ecology: aquatic carnivore-suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Rancho La Palma
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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