Mammalia - Cetacea - Balaenopteridae
Alternative spelling: Cetotherium (Cetotheriophanes)
Full reference: J. F. Brandt. 1873. Untersuchungen über die fossilen und subfossilen cetaceen Europa's. Mémoires de L'Académie Impériale des Sciences de Saint-Petersbourg, Series 7 20(1):1-372
Parent taxon: Balaenopteridae according to A. Berta 2017
See also Brandt 1873, Deméré et al. 2005, Kellogg 1928, Kellogg 1931, Lydekker 1887, McKenna and Bell 1997, Palmer 1904, Simpson 1945 and True 1912
Sister taxa: Agaphelinae, Archaebalaenoptera, Balaena affinis, Balaena definata, Balaena emarginata, Balaena gibbosa, Balaenoptera, Balaenoptera borealina, Balaenoptera musculoides, Balaenoptera portisii, Balaenoptera rostratella, Balaenoptera sibbaldina, Balaenoptera taiwanica, Balaenopterinae, Delphinus brachyspondylus, Diunatans, Eobalaenoptera, Eschrichtiinae, Fragilicetus, Hadrosaurus tripos, Incakujira, Marzanoptera, Megaptera, Megaptera affinis, Megapterinae, Megapteropsis robusta, Miobalaenoptera, Nehalaennia, Notiocetus, Parabalaenopterinae, Plesiobalaenoptera, Praemegaptera, Praemegapterinae, Protororqualus
Subtaxa: Cetotheriophanes capellinii
Type: Cetotheriophanes capellinii
Ecology: aquatic suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Italy (1 collection)
• Miocene of the Russian Federation (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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