†Metopocetus hunteri Marx et al. 2016 (whale)
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Mammalia - Cetacea - Cetotheriidae
Full reference: F. G. Marx, M. E. J. Bosselaers, and S. Louwye. 2016. A new species of Metopocetus (Cetacea, Mysticeti, Cetotheriidae) from the Late Miocene of the Netherlands. PeerJ 4:e1572
Belongs to Metopocetus according to F. G. Marx et al. 2016
Sister taxon: Metopocetus durinasus
Type specimen: NMR 9991-07729, a partial skull (vertex, palatines, the right half of the braincase and basicranium, and the right periotic and tympanic bulla). Its type locality is Hoogdonk Sandpit, which is in a Tortonian marine sandstone in the Diessen Formation of the Netherlands.
Ecology: aquatic carnivore-suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Hoogdonk Sandpit
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