Cochimicetus Cedillo-Avila et al. 2025 (whale)

Mammalia - Cetacea - Eomysticetidae

Full reference: C. Cedillo-Avila, G. González-Barba, and A. Solis-Añorve. 2025. First record of an Eomysticetidae from the Late Oligocene at the Pilon locality, San Gregorio Formation, Baja California Sur, Mexico. Palaeontologia Electronica 53

Parent taxon: Eomysticetidae according to C. Cedillo-Avila et al. 2025

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

Subtaxa: Cochimicetus convexus

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Type: Cochimicetus convexus

Ecology: aquatic carnivore-suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Mount “Pilón” (Oligocene of Mexico)

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