†Peripolocetus vexillifer Kellogg 1931 (right whale)
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Mammalia - Cetacea - Balaenidae
Full reference: R. Kellogg. 1931. Pelagic mammals of the Temblor Formation of the Kern River region, California. Proceedings of the California Academy of Science 19(12):217-397
Belongs to Peripolocetus according to F. G. Marx and R. E. Fordyce 2015
See also Abel 1938, Barnes 1977, Kellogg 1931 and Uhen et al. 2008
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: CAS 4370, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Sharktooth Hill, which is in a Langhian shoreface siltstone in the Temblor Formation of California.
Ecology: aquatic suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Sharktooth Hill
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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