Mammalia - Cetacea - Protocetidae
Full reference: J. Leidy. 1873. Part I. Contributions to the extinct vertebrate fauna of the western territories. Report of the United States Geological Survey of the Territories 1:1-358
Parent taxon: Protocetidae according to A. Berta 2017
See also Gao and Ni 2015, Hay 1902, Hay 1930, Hulbert et al. 1998, Kellogg 1936, Leidy 1873, McKenna and Bell 1997, McLeod and Barnes 2008, Trouessart 1898, Trouessart 1904, Uhen 2008, Zittel 1894 and Zittel 1925
Sister taxa: Aegyptocetus, Artiocetus, Babiacetus, Carolinacetus, Crenatocetus, Dhedacetus, Eocetus, Gaviacetus, Georgiacetinae, Georgiacetus, Indocetinae, Indocetus, Kharodacetus, Maiacetus, Makaracetinae, Makaracetus, Natchitochia, Pappocetinae, Pappocetus, Peregocetus, Phiomicetus, Protocetinae, Protocetus, Qaisracetus, Rodhocetus, Takracetus, Togocetus, Tupelocetus
Subtaxa: Pontobasileus tuberculatus
Type: Pontobasileus tuberculatus
Ecology: aquatic carnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Pontobasileus in the database
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