Mammalia - Cetacea - Basilosauridae
Full reference: M. D. Uhen. 2005. A new genus and species of archaeocete whale from Mississippi. Southeastern Geology 43(3):157-172
Parent taxon: Basilosauridae according to M. D. Uhen 2018
See also Berta 2017, Gao and Ni 2015, Gingerich 2015, Martínez-Cáceres et al. 2017, Martinez-Cáceres and Muizon 2011, Marx et al. 2016, McLeod and Barnes 2008, Schouten 2011, Uhen 2005, Uhen 2008, Uhen 2009 and Uhen 2013
Sister taxa: Ancalecetus, Balaenoptera juddi, Basilosaurinae, Basilosaurus, Basiloterus, Chrysocetus, Dorudon, Dorudontinae, Masracetus, Ocucajea, Pachycetinae, Pachycetus humilis, Perucetus, Pontogeneus, Pontogeneus brachyspondylus, Saghacetus, Stromeriinae, Stromerius, Sulaimanitherium, Supayacetus, Tutcetus, Zygorhiza
Subtaxa: Cynthiacetus maxwelli Cynthiacetus peruvianus
Ecology: aquatic carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Peru (1 collection), United States (10: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina)
Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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