Janjucetus Fitzgerald 2006 (whale)

Mammalia - Cetacea - Mammalodontidae

Full reference: E. M. G. Fitzgerald. 2006. A bizarre new toothed mysticete (Cetacea) from Australia and the early evolution of baleen whales. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 1-9

Parent taxon: Mammalodontidae according to R. E. Fordyce and F. G. Marx 2018

See also Berta 2017, Boessenecker and Fordyce 2015, Duncan et al. 2025, Fitzgerald 2006, Fitzgerald 2010, Fordyce and Marx 2016, Geisler et al. 2011, Marx and Fordyce 2015, Marx et al. 2016 and Tsai and Kohno 2017

Sister taxon: Mammalodon

Subtaxa: Janjucetus dullardi Janjucetus hunderi

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Ecology: aquatic carnivore-suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Oligocene of Australia (9 collections)

Total: 9 collections including 10 occurrences

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