†Notiocetus platensis Ameghino 1891 (rorqual)
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Mammalia - Cetacea - Balaenopteridae
Full reference: F. Ameghino. 1891. Mamiferos y aves fosiles argentinas. --Especies nuevas, adiciones y correcciones. Revista Argentina Historia Natural 1(4):240-259
Belongs to Notiocetus according to E. L. Trouessart 1904
See also Ameghino 1891 and Trouessart 1898
Sister taxon: Notiocetus romerianus
Type specimen: Its type locality is La Plata, Neogene, which is in an Ensenadan marine horizon in Argentina
Ecology: aquatic suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at La Plata, Neogene
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