†Idiocetus guicciardinii Capellini 1876 (right whale)
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Mammalia - Cetacea - Balaenidae
Alternative combination: Idiocetus guicciardini
Full reference: G. Capellini. 1876. Sulle balene fossili toscane. Atti della Reale Accademia dei Lincei 3:9-14
Belongs to Idiocetus according to E. Cioppi 2014
See also Capellini 1876, Capellini 1905, Pilleri 1987, Steeman 2010, Trouessart 1898 and Trouessart 1904
Sister taxon: Idiocetus tsugarensis
Type specimen: IFG 16996 V, a partial skull. Its type locality is Montopoli, Lower Valdarno, which is in a Villafranchian terrestrial mudstone in Italy.
Ecology: aquatic suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Montopoli, Lower Valdarno
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