Osteichthyes - Artiodactyla

PaleoDB taxon number: 134057

Full reference: M. D. Uhen. 2008. New protocetid whales from Alabama and Mississippi, and a new cetacean clade, Pelagiceti. 28(3):589-593

Parent taxon: Cetacea according to C. M. Peredo et al. 2018

Sister taxa: Ambulocetidae, Anarnak, Archaeoceti, Archaeocetus, Balaenodontae, Balaenoidorum, Berardiopsis, Berardiopsis pliocaenus, Cetotheriomorphus dubius, Cetotherium priscum, Cetotolites, Globicephalus eocaenus, Loncodelphis, Manatus giganteus, Mystacoceta, Nanisocetus, Neoballaenidae, Otaria leclercii, Oxypterus, Pakicetidae, Palaeocetus, Pristinocetus, Proteroceta, Protocetidae, Protocetoidea, Remingtonocetidae, Remingtonocetoidea, Rhynchoceti, Tretosphrys, Zeugloceta, Ziphius blasii

Subtaxa: Basilosauridae, Metasqualodon harwoodi, Neoceti

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Ecology: ground dwelling grazer-browser