†Peripolocetus Kellogg 1931 (right whale)
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Mammalia - Cetacea - Balaenidae
Alternative spelling: Periplocetus
Full reference: R. Kellogg. 1931. Pelagic mammals of the Temblor Formation of the Kern River region, California. Proceedings of the California Academy of Science 19(12):217-397
Parent taxon: Balaenidae according to F. G. Marx and R. E. Fordyce 2015
See also Barnes 1977, Berta 2017, Carroll 1988, Kellogg 1931, McKenna and Bell 1997, Sepkoski 2002, Simpson 1945, Uhen et al. 2008 and Whitmore and Barnes 2008
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Peripolocetus vexillifer
Type: Peripolocetus vexillifer
Ecology: aquatic suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Sharktooth Hill (Miocene of California)
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