Mithridatocetus
Appearance
Mithridatocetus Temporal range:
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M. mayeri fossil in A.P. Karpinsky Russian Geological Research Institute | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Artiodactyla |
Infraorder: | Cetacea |
Family: | Cetotheriidae |
Subfamily: | †Cetotheriinae |
Genus: | †Mithridatocetus Gol'din & Startsev, 2016 |
Species | |
†M. adygeicus (Tarasenko & Lopatin, 2012) |
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
[edit]- ^ 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 Paleontology. doi:10.1002/spp2.1066