Mammalia - Cetacea - Eomysticetidae
Full reference: A. E. Sanders and L. G. Barnes. 2002. Paleontology of the Late Oligocene Ashley and Chandler Bridge Formations of South Carolina, 2: Micromysticetus rothauseni, a primitive cetotheriid mysticete (Mammalia: Cetacea). Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 93:271-293
Parent taxon: Eomysticetidae according to R. E. Fordyce and F. G. Marx 2018
See also Berta 2017, Boessenecker and Fordyce 2015, Boessenecker and Fordyce 2017, Fordyce and Marx 2016, Geisler et al. 2011, Geisler and Sanders 2003, Marx and Fordyce 2015, Marx et al. 2016, Sanders and Barnes 2002, Steeman 2007, Tsai and Kohno 2017, Uhen 2008 and Uhen et al. 2008
Sister taxa: Cochimicetus, Echericetus, Eomysticetus, Matapanui, Tokarahia, Waharoa, Yamatocetus
Subtaxa: Micromysticetus rothauseni Micromysticetus tobieni
Ecology: aquatic carnivore-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Oligocene of Germany (1 collection), United States (3: South Carolina, Virginia)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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