Cetotheriopsis lintianus Meyer 1849 (whale)

Mammalia - Cetacea

Alternative combinations: Aulocetus lentianus, Balaenodon lintianus, Balaenodon linzianus, Cetotheriopsis linziana, Stenodon lentianus

Full reference: H. v. Meyer. 1849. [Letter on various fossils]. Neues Jahrbuch fur Mineralogie, Geognosie, Geologie und Petrefakten-Kunde 1849:547-550

Belongs to Cetotheriopsis according to R. W. Boessenecker and R. E. Fordyce 2017

See also Abel 1914, Abel 1938, Bisconti 2006, Brandt 1871, Brandt 1872, Brandt 1873, Brandt 1874, Capellini 1899, Kellogg 1923, Kellogg 1931, Meyer 1849, Roger 1887, Sanders and Barnes 2002, Trouessart 1898, Trouessart 1904, Van Beneden 1865 and Van Beneden 1875

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Its type locality is Linz, which is in a Chattian open shallow subtidal sandstone in the Linzer Sanden Formation of Austria

Ecology: aquatic carnivore-suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Oligocene of Austria (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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