Mammalia - Cetacea - Cetotheriidae
Full reference: M. Bisconti. 2014. Anatomy of a new cetotheriid genus and species from the Miocene of Herentals, Belgium, and the phylogenetic and palaeobiogeographical relationships of Cetotheriidae s.s. (Mammalia, Cetacea, Mysticeti). Journal of Systematic Palaeontology
Parent taxon: Cetotheriidae according to F. G. Marx et al. 2016
See also Berta 2017, Bisconti 2014, Gol'din 2018 and Gol'din and Steeman 2015
Sister taxa: Adicetus, Cephalotropis, Cetotheriinae, Ciuciulea, Cophocetus, Eucetotherium, Herpetocetinae, Heterocetus, Hibacetus, Imerocetus, Joumocetus, Metopocetus, Neobalaeninae, Palaeobalaena, Piscobalaena, Taikicetus, Titanocetus, Tiucetus, Tranatocetus, Vampalus
Subtaxa: Herentalia nigra
Ecology: aquatic carnivore-suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Berchem, Canal d'Herenthals (Miocene of Belgium)
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