†Cochimicetus convexus Cedillo-Avila et al. 2025 (whale)
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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
Belongs to Cochimicetus according to C. Cedillo-Avila et al. 2025
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: MHN-UABCS-Sg6/71/208, a partial skull (slightly fragmented cranium and mandibles). Its type locality is Mount “Pilón”, which is in a Chattian marine shale in the San Gregorio Formation of Mexico.
Ecology: aquatic carnivore-suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Mount “Pilón”
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