†Cetotherium parvum Trouessart 1898 (whale)
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Mammalia - Cetacea - Cetotheriidae
Synonym: Delphinapterus tyrannus Cope 1868
Full reference: E. L. Trouessart. 1898. Catalogus mammalium tam viventium quam fossilum 5:665-1264
Belongs to Cetotherium according to K. K. Tarasenko and A. V. Lopatin 2012
See also Case 1904, Cope 1868, Hay 1902, Hay 1930, Kellog 1968, Trouessart 1898 and Trouessart 1904
Sister taxa: Cetotherium capellinii, Cetotherium crassangulum, Cetotherium furlongi, Cetotherium megalophysum, Cetotherium polyporum, Cetotherium rathkii, Cetotherium riabinini
Ecology: aquatic carnivore-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (2: Maryland collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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