Mammalia - Cetacea - Cetotheriidae
Full reference: E. L. Packard and R. Kellogg. 1934. A new cetothere from the Miocene Astoria Formation of Newport, Oregon. Contributions to Palaeontology Carnegie Institution of Washington 447(I):3-62
Belongs to Cophocetus according to F. G. Marx 2011
See also Abel 1938, Bisconti et al. 2013, Bouetel and Muizon 2006, Packard and Kellogg 1934 and Uhen et al. 2008
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: UO 305, a partial skull. Its type locality is Old Tower, NW, which is in a Burdigalian shallow subtidal shale in the Astoria Formation of Oregon.
Ecology: aquatic carnivore-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (3: Oregon collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.