Nannocetus Kellogg 1929 (whale)

Mammalia - Cetacea - Cetotheriidae

Full reference: R. Kellogg. 1929. A new cetothere from southern California. University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 18(15):449-457

Parent taxon: Herpetocetinae according to F. G. Marx et al. 2016

See also Barnes 1977, Berta 2017, Bisconti 2014, Bisconti et al. 2013, Boessenecker 2011, Bouetel 2005, Bouetel and Muizon 2006, Carroll 1988, Gol'din and Steeman 2015, Goldin and Startsev 2014, Goldin et al. 2014, Kellogg 1929, Marx et al. 2016, Marx and Fordyce 2015, McKenna and Bell 1997, Sepkoski 2002, Steeman 2007, Tanaka et al. 2018, Uhen et al. 2008 and Whitmore and Barnes 2008

Sister taxon: Herpetocetus

Subtaxa: Nannocetus eremus

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Ecology: aquatic carnivore-suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Pliocene of United States (1: California collection)

• Miocene of Mexico (1), United States (5: California)

Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence

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