Mammalia - Cetacea - Cetotheriidae

Full reference: M. Bisconti. 2006. Titanocetus, a new baleen whale from the middle Miocene of northern Italy (Mammalia, Cetacea, Mysticeti). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 26(2):344-354

Parent taxon: Cetotheriidae according to F. G. Marx et al. 2016

See also Berta 2017, Bisconti 2006, Bisconti et al. 2013, Boessenecker and Fordyce 2015, Hampe and Baszio 2010 and Marx and Fordyce 2015

Sister taxa: Adicetus, Cephalotropis, Cetotheriinae, Ciuciulea, Cophocetus, Eucetotherium, Herentalia, Herpetocetinae, Heterocetus, Hibacetus, Imerocetus, Joumocetus, Metopocetus, Neobalaeninae, Palaeobalaena, Piscobalaena, Taikicetus, Tiucetus, Tranatocetus, Vampalus

Subtaxa: Titanocetus sammarinensis

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Ecology: aquatic carnivore-suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Luigi Reffi quarry, Monte Titano (Miocene to Miocene of San Marino)

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