†Janjucetus Fitzgerald 2006 (whale)
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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, 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 hunderi
Ecology: aquatic carnivore-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Oligocene of Australia (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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