Full reference: R. Kellogg. 1965. A new whalebone whale from the Miocene Calvert Formation. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 247(1):1-45
Belongs to Pelocetus according to M. S. Leslie et al. 2019
See also Bisconti et al. 2013, Bouetel and Muizon 2006, Geisler et al. 2011, Gottfried et al. 1994, Kellogg 1965, Marx 2011, Marx and Fordyce 2015 and Uhen et al. 2008
Sister taxon: Pelocetus mirabilis
Type specimen: USNM 11976, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Governor Run, north of, Zone 13, which is in a Langhian estuary/bay claystone in the Calvert Formation of Maryland.
Ecology: aquatic carnivore-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (4: Maryland, Virginia collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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