†Otradnocetus virodovi Mchedlidze 1984 (whale)
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Alternative combination: Otradnocetus viridovi
Full reference: G. A. Mchedlidze. 1984. Fossilized Whale from the Miocene Deposits in the Environs of the Village of Otradnaya (Northern Caucasus) 1-64
Belongs to Otradnocetus according to P. Gol'din 2018
See also Goldin and Startsev 2014, Mchedlidze 1984 and Pilleri 1986
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: CO. I-90, a skull. Its type locality is Otradnaja, which is in a Burdigalian/Langhian marine horizon in the Russian Federation.
Ecology: aquatic carnivore-suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Otradnaja
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