Mammalia - Cetacea - Eomysticetidae
Alternative combination: Cetotheriopsis tobieni
Full reference: K. Rothausen. 1971. Cetotheriopsis tobieni n. sp., der este paläogene Bartenwal (Cetotheriidae, Mysticeti, Mamm.) nördlich des Tethysraumes. Abhandlungen des Hessischen Landesamtes fuer Bodenforschung 60:131-148
Belongs to Micromysticetus according to R. W. Boessenecker and R. E. Fordyce 2017
See also Rothausen 1971, Sanders and Barnes 2002, Tsai and Kohno 2017 and Uhen et al. 2008
Sister taxon: Micromysticetus rothauseni
Type specimen: JGU P1289, a skull. Its type locality is Lank Latum, which is in a Chattian marine sandstone in the Meeressande Formation of Germany.
Ecology: aquatic carnivore-suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Lank Latum
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