†Isanacetus Kimura and Ozawa 2002 (whale)
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Full reference: T. Kimura and T. Ozawa. 2002. A new cetothere (Cetacea: Mysticeti) from the early Miocene of Japan. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 22(3):684-702
Parent taxon: Plicogulae according to Y. Tanaka et al. 2024
See also Berta 2017, Bisconti et al. 2013, Boessenecker and Fordyce 2015, Kimura and Ozawa 2002, Marx and Fordyce 2015 and Steeman 2007
Sister taxa: Balaenopteroidea, Cetotherioidea, Tranatocetidae
Subtaxa: Isanacetus laticephalus
Ecology: aquatic carnivore-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene of Japan (3 collections), New Zealand (1)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
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