Mithridatocetus

Mithridatocetus
Temporal range:
M. mayeri fossil in A.P. Karpinsky Russian Geological Research Institute
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Infraorder: Cetacea
Family: Cetotheriidae
Subfamily: †Cetotheriinae
Genus: †
Gol'din & Startsev, 2016
Species

†M. adygeicus (Tarasenko & Lopatin, 2012)
†M. eichwaldi Gol'din & Startsev, 2016 (type)
†M. mayeri (Brandt, 1871) (nomen dubium)

Mithridatocetus is a genus of cetotheriid mysticete in the subfamily Cetotheriinae. Known specimens have been found in marine deposits in Crimea, Ukraine, and the Russian Caucasus.[1]

References

  1. ^ P. Goldin and D. Startsev. 2016. "A systematic review of cetothere baleen whales (Cetacea, Cetotheriidae) from the Late Miocene of Crimea and Caucasus, with a new genus". Papers in Palaeontology. doi:10.1002/spp2.1066


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