†Mystacodon Lambert et al. 2017 (whale)
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Mammalia - Cetacea - Mystacodontidae
Full reference: O. Lambert, M. Martínez-Cáeres, G. Bianucci, E. Steurbaut, M. Urbina and C. Muizon. 2017. Earliest Mysticete from the Late Eocene of Peru Sheds New Light on the Origin of Baleen Whales. Current Biology 27:17
Parent taxon: Mystacodontidae according to C. de Muizon et al. 2019
See also Fordyce and Marx 2018 and Lambert et al. 2017
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Mystacodon selenensis
Type: Mystacodon selenensis
Ecology: aquatic carnivore-suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Playa Media Luna, Priabonian (Eocene of Peru)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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