Bartoncetus van Vliet et al. 2026 (whale)

Mammalia - Cetacea - Basilosauridae

Full reference: H. J. van Vliet, J. Hakkens, T. M. Paijmans, C. J. Underwood, I. Verheijen, M. E. Bosselaers, D. J. Ward, D. K. Munsterman, and J. W. Reumer. 2026. Bartoncetus wanklyni, new genus of a small dorudontine whale from the Bartonian of England; a lost skull and a forgotten postcranial skeleton. Proceedings of the Geologists' Association 101201

Parent taxon: Basilosauridae according to H. J. van Vliet et al. 2026

Sister taxa: Ancalecetus, Balaenoptera juddi, Basilosaurinae, Basilosaurus, Basiloterus, Chrysocetus, Cynthiacetus, Dorudon, Dorudontinae, Masracetus, Ocucajea, Pachycetinae, Perucetus, Pontogeneus, Pontogeneus brachyspondylus, Saghacetus, Stromeriinae, Stromerius, Sulaimanitherium, Supayacetus, Tutcetus, Zygorhiza

Subtaxa: Bartoncetus wanklyni

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Ecology: aquatic carnivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of the United Kingdom (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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