Thinocetus Kellogg 1969 (whale)

Mammalia - Cetacea

Full reference: R. Kellogg. 1969. Cetothere skeletons from the Miocene Choptank Formation of Maryland and Virginia. Bulletin - U.S. National Museum 294:1-40

Parent taxon: Balaenomorpha according to O. Hampe and J. M. Fahlke 2022

See also Berta 2017, Gottfried et al. 1994, Kellogg 1969, Marx and Fordyce 2015, McKenna and Bell 1997, Steeman 2007, Uhen et al. 2008 and Whitmore and Barnes 2008

Sister taxa: Balaenoidea, Persufflatius, Thalassotherii

Subtaxa: Thinocetus arthritus

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Ecology: aquatic carnivore-suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Miocene of Germany (1 collection), United States (4: Maryland, Virginia)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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