†Halicetus ignotus Kellogg 1969 (whale)
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Full reference: R. Kellogg. 1969. Cetothere skeletons from the Miocene Choptank Formation of Maryland and Virginia. Bulletin - U.S. National Museum 294:1-40
Belongs to Halicetus according to A. K. Hastings and A. C. Dooley 2017
See also Gottfried et al. 1994, Kellogg 1969, Uhen et al. 2008 and Whitmore 1984
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: USNM 23636, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Calvert Beach Run, south of, Zone 19, which is in a Serravallian offshore shelf sandstone in the Choptank Formation of Maryland.
Ecology: aquatic carnivore-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (2: Maryland, Virginia collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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