Nannocetus eremus Kellogg 1929 (whale)

Mammalia - Cetacea - Cetotheriidae

Full reference: R. Kellogg. 1929. A new cetothere from southern California. University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 18(15):449-457

Belongs to Nannocetus according to F. G. Marx et al. 2016

See also Barnes 1977, Bisconti et al. 2013, Bouetel 2005, Bouetel and Muizon 2006, Gol'din and Steeman 2015, Goldin and Startsev 2014, Kellogg 1929, Marx 2011, Marx and Fordyce 2015, Tanaka et al. 2018, Uhen et al. 2008 and Whitmore and Barnes 2008

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: UCMP 26502, a skull. Its type locality is Humphreys, which is in a Messinian basinal (siliceous) sandstone in the Towsley Formation of California.

Ecology: aquatic carnivore-suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Miocene of United States (2: California collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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