Mammalia - Cetacea - Cetotheriidae
Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1896. Sixth contribution to the knowledge of the marine Miocene fauna of North America. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Soceity 35(150):139-146
Belongs to Metopocetus according to F. G. Marx et al. 2016
See also Abel 1938, Bisconti 2007, Bisconti et al. 2013, Bouetel 2005, Bouetel and Muizon 2006, Case 1904, Cope 1896, Gol'din and Steeman 2015, Goldin and Startsev 2014, Hay 1902, Hay 1930, Marx 2011, Marx and Fordyce 2015, Trouessart 1898, Trouessart 1904 and Uhen et al. 2008
Sister taxon: Metopocetus hunteri
Type specimen: USNM 8518, a partial skull. Its type locality is Nomini Cliffs, Zone 14-16, which is in a Serravallian foreshore claystone in the Calvert Formation of Virginia.
Ecology: aquatic carnivore-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (2: Virginia collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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