Full reference: R. Kellogg. 1969. Cetothere skeletons from the Miocene Choptank Formation of Maryland and Virginia. Bulletin - U.S. National Museum 294:1-40
Parent taxon: Chaeomysticeti according to A. Berta 2017
See also Gottfried et al. 1994, Kellogg 1969, McKenna and Bell 1997, Steeman 2007, Uhen et al. 2008, Whitmore 1984 and Whitmore and Barnes 2008
Sister taxa: Balaenomorpha, Cetotheriidae, Cetotheriopsidae, Cetotheriopsis, Cetotherium incertum, Cetotherium klinderi, Cetotherium pusillum, Eomysticetidae, Eomysticetoidea, Jobancetus, Megapteropsis, Piscocetus, Plicogulae, Sitsqwayk, Tlaxcallicetus, Whakakai
Subtaxa: Halicetus ignotus
Ecology: aquatic carnivore-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (2: Maryland, Virginia collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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