†Uranocetus Steeman 2009 (whale)
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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
Ecology: aquatic carnivore-suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Gram Brick Works (Miocene of Denmark)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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