†Thinocetus arthritus Kellogg 1969 (whale)
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Full reference: R. Kellogg. 1969. Cetothere skeletons from the Miocene Choptank Formation of Maryland and Virginia. Bulletin - U.S. National Museum 294:1-40
Belongs to Thinocetus according to F. G. Marx and R. E. Fordyce 2015
See also Gottfried et al. 1994, Kellogg 1969 and Uhen et al. 2008
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: USNM 23794, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Mud Cliffs, East of, which is in a Serravallian offshore shelf siltstone in the Choptank Formation of Virginia.
Ecology: aquatic carnivore-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (3: Maryland, Virginia collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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