Pelocetus mirabilis Ginsburg and Janvier 1971 (whale)

Mammalia - Cetacea

Full reference: L. Ginsburg and P. Janvier. 1971. Les mamiferes marins des faluns miocenes de la Touraine et de l'Anjou. Bulletin du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Sciences de la Terre 6(22):161-195

Belongs to Pelocetus according to L. Ginsburg and P. Janvier 1971

Sister taxon: Pelocetus calvertensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Doue-la-Fontaine, which is in a Serravallian/Tortonian marine horizon in France

Ecology: aquatic carnivore-suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Doue-la-Fontaine

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