Mammalia - Cetacea - Aetiocetidae
Alternative combination: Niparajacetus palmadentis
Full reference: A. Solis-Añorve, G. González-Barba, and R. Hernández-Rivera. 2019. Description of a new toothed mysticete from the Late Oligocene of San Juan de La Costa, B.C.S., México. Journal of South American Earth Science 89:337-346
Belongs to Aetiocetus according to A. E. Hernández Cisneros and J. Velez-Juarbe 2024
See also Solis-Añorve et al. 2019
Sister taxa: Aetiocetus cotylalveus, Aetiocetus polydentatus, Aetiocetus weltoni
Type specimen: MUEcSj5/24/123, a partial skull (partial skull including left tympanic bulla, both mandibles, and teeth). Its type locality is El Saladito, which is in a Chattian marine mudstone in the El Cien Formation of Mexico.
Ecology: aquatic carnivore-suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at El Saladito
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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