Atlanticetus patulus Kellogg 1968

Mammalia - Cetacea

Alternative combination: Aglaocetus patulus

Full reference: R. Kellogg. 1968. A sharp-nosed cetothere from the Miocene Calvert. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 247(7):163-173

Belongs to Atlanticetus according to M. Bisconti et al. 2020

See also Bisconti et al. 2013, Bouetel and Muizon 2006, Gottfried et al. 1994, Hastings and Dooley 2017, Kellogg 1968, Marx 2011, Marx and Fordyce 2015, Steeman 2010 and Uhen et al. 2008

Sister taxa: Atlanticetus laevi, Atlanticetus lavei

Type specimen: USNM 23690, a skull. Its type locality is Stratford Bluffs, Zone 14-16, which is in a Serravallian offshore claystone in the Calvert Formation of Virginia.

Distribution:

• Miocene of United States (5: Maryland, Virginia collections)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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