Mammalia - Cetacea - Xenorophidae

type specimen aka VSEGEI 51.73

Alternative combination: Mirocetus rjabinini

Full reference: G. A. Mchedlidze. 1970. Nekotorye obschie cherty istorii kitoobraznykh. Chast I 1-111

Belongs to Mirocetus according to A. E. Sanders and J. H. Geisler 2015

See also Fordyce 1981, Fordyce 2002, Mchedlidze 1970, Mchedlidze 1976 and Sanders et al. 1982

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: GRMP 5173, a skull (partal skull). Its type locality is Dzhangi, which is in a Rupelian marine claystone in Azerbaijan.

Ecology: aquatic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Dzhangi

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