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
Ecology: aquatic carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of the United Kingdom (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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