Notiocetus romerianus Ameghino 1891 (rorqual)

Mammalia - Cetacea - Balaenopteridae

Full reference: F. Ameghino. 1891. Caracteres diagnosticos de cincuenta especies nuevas de mamiferos fosiles argentinos. Revista Argentina de Historia Natural 1(3):129-167

Belongs to Notiocetus according to M. A. Cozzuol 1996

See also Ameghino 1891, Trouessart 1898 and Trouessart 1904

Sister taxon: Notiocetus platensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Bahia Blanca, which is in a Calabrian marine horizon in the Pampeana Formation of Argentina

Ecology: aquatic suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Bahia Blanca

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