Uranocetus Steeman 2009 (whale)

Mammalia - Cetacea

Full reference: M. E. Steeman. 2009. A new baleen whale from the Late Miocene of Denmark and early mysticete hearing. Palaeontology 52(5):1169-1190

Parent taxon: Balaenopteroidea according to F. G. Marx and R. E. Fordyce 2015

See also Berta 2017, Bisconti et al. 2013, Boessenecker and Fordyce 2015, Cozzuol 1985, Cozzuol 1996, Fordyce and de Muizon 2001, Rovereto 1915, Steeman 2009 and Trouessart 1898

Sister taxa: Aglaocetus, Amphicetus, Diorocetus, Eschrichtiidae, Mauicetus, Panbalaenopteroidea, Physalidae, Tiphyocetus

Subtaxa: Uranocetus gramensis

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Ecology: aquatic carnivore-suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Gram Brick Works (Miocene of Denmark)

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