Ashorocetus Barnes et al. 1995 (whale)

Mammalia - Cetacea - Aetiocetidae

Full reference: L. G. Barnes, M. Kimura, H. Furusawa and H. Sawamura. 1995. Classification and distribution of Oligocene Aetiocetidae (Mammalia; Cetacea; Mysticeti) from western North America and Japan. The Island Arc 3(4):392-431

Parent taxon: Aetiocetidae according to C.-H. Tsai and N. Kohno 2017

See also Barnes et al. 1995, Berta 2017, Fitzgerald 2010, Marx et al. 2016, Marx et al. 2015 and Uhen 2008

Sister taxa: Aetiocetinae, Aetiocetus, Chonecetinae, Chonecetus, Fucaia, Kaaucetus, Morawanocetinae, Salishicetus, Tohoraata, Willungacetus

Subtaxa: Ashorocetus eguchii

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Ecology: aquatic carnivore-suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Morawan (Kamirawan Sandstone Member) (Oligocene of Japan)

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