Rudicetus Bianucci 2001 (toothed whale)

Mammalia - Cetacea - Kentriodontidae

Full reference: G. Bianucci. 2001. A new genus of kentriodontid (Cetacea: Odontoceti) from the Miocene of South Italy. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 21(3):573-577

Parent taxon: Kentriodontidae according to C. Peredo et al. 2018

See also Berta 2017, Bianucci 2001, Bianucci and Landini 2002, Bianucci and Varola 2014, Kazár and Hampe 2014, Lambert et al. 2005 and Marx et al. 2016

Sister taxa: Heterodelphis, Imerodelphis, Kampholophinae, Kampholophos, Kentriodon, Kentriodontinae, Lamprolithax, Lophocetinae, Microphocaena, Pithanodelphininae, Portheus patagonicus, Wimahl

Subtaxa: Rudicetus squalodontoides

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Type: Rudicetus squalodontoides

Ecology: aquatic carnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of Italy (2 collections), Portugal (1)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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