Otradnocetus Mchedlidze 1984 (whale)

Mammalia - Cetacea

Full reference: G. A. Mchedlidze. 1984. Fossilized Whale from the Miocene Deposits in the Environs of the Village of Otradnaya (Northern Caucasus) 1-64

Parent taxon: Cetotherioidea according to P. Gol'din and M. E. Steeman 2015

See also Berta 2017, Gol'din 2018, Goldin and Startsev 2014, Hampe and Baszio 2010, Mchedlidze 1984, McKenna and Bell 1997 and Pilleri 1986

Sister taxa: Parietobalaena, Pinocetus

Subtaxa: Otradnocetus virodovi

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Ecology: aquatic carnivore-suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Miocene of the Russian Federation (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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