Imerocetus karaganicus Mchedlidze 1964 (whale)

Mammalia - Cetacea - Cetotheriidae

Full reference: G. A. Mchedlidze. 1964. Fossil Cetacea of the Caucasus 1-145

Belongs to Imerocetus according to P. Goldin and D. Startsev 2014

See also Mchedlidze 1964

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: IPB 146, a partial skull. Its type locality is Dzhalaurt village, which is in a Tortonian marine horizon in Georgia.

Ecology: aquatic carnivore-suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Dzhalaurt village

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