Mammalia - Cetacea - Cetotheriidae
Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1895. Fourth contribution to the marine fauna of the Miocene Period of the United States. Proceedings of the American Philosphical Society 34:135-155
Belongs to Cetotherium according to C. Muizon 1988
See also Cope 1895, Cope 1896, Hay 1902, Hay 1930, Tarasenko and Lopatin 2012 and Trouessart 1898
Sister taxa: Cetotherium capellinii, Cetotherium furlongi, Cetotherium megalophysum, Cetotherium parvum, Cetotherium polyporum, Cetotherium rathkii, Cetotherium riabinini
Type specimen: USNM 8517, a skull. Its type locality is City Point, which is in a Pliocene shallow subtidal horizon in the Yorktown Formation of Virginia.
Ecology: aquatic carnivore-suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at City Point
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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