Eucetotherium

Extinct genus of mammals

Eucetotherium
Temporal range: Miocene
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Infraorder: Cetacea
Family: Cetotheriidae
Genus: Eucetotherium
Brandt, 1873
Species

E. helmersonii (Brandt, 1871) (type)

Eucetotherium is a genus of cetotheriid mysticete from Miocene (Tortonian) marine deposits in the Russian Caucasus.[1][2][3]

References

  1. ^ J. F. Brandt. 1871. Bericht uber den Fortgang meiner Studien uber di Cetaceen, welche das grosse zur Tertiarzeit von Mitteleuropa bis Centralasien hinein ausgedehnte Meeresbechen bevolkerten. Bulletin de l'Academie Imperiale de St. Petersbourg 1871:563-566
  2. ^ Gol’din, Pavel; Startsev, Dmitry (2014). "Brandtocetus, a new genus of baleen whales (Cetacea, Cetotheriidae) from the late Miocene of Crimea, Ukraine". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 34 (2): 419–433. Bibcode:2014JVPal..34..419G. doi:10.1080/02724634.2013.799482. S2CID 84535132.
  3. ^ Gol'din, Pavel; Startsev, Dmitry; Smith, Andrew (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. 3: 49–68. doi:10.1002/spp2.1066. S2CID 88690543.
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Taxon identifiers
Eucetotherium


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