Cetotherium - Wikipedia
Cetotherium ("whale beast") is an extinct genus of baleen whales from the family Cetotheriidae. [2] The family Cetotheriidae and the genus Cetotherium (sensu lato) have been used as wastebaskets for all kinds of baleen whales, most notably by Brandt 1873, Spassky (1954) and Mčedlidze 1970.
Cetotherium - Prehistoric Wildlife
Cetotherium represents one of the earlier members of the Mysticeti, which are more commonly known as baleen whales. The very first whales where predators that had pointed teeth for catching and killing other marine creatures such as fish and even other mammals. Later whales like Cetotherium diversified to take advantage of an ...
The Anatomy of the Late Miocene Baleen Whale Cetotherium
2013年3月13日 · We re-describe Cetotherium riabinini, a little-known baleen whale from the Late Miocene of the Eastern Paratethys represented by an exceptionally well-preserved skull and partial skeleton. C. riabinini is shown to be closely related to C. rathkii, the only other member of …
Cetotheriidae - Wikipedia
Cetotheriidae is a family of baleen whales (parvorder Mysticeti). [1] . The family is known to have existed from the Late Oligocene to the Early Pleistocene before going extinct.
Cetotherium - Wikiwand
Cetotherium ("whale beast") is an extinct genus of baleen whales from the family Cetotheriidae. Quick Facts Scientific classification, Species ... The family Cetotheriidae and the genus Cetotherium (sensu lato) have been used as wastebaskets for all kinds of baleen whales, most notably by Brandt 1873, Spassky (1954) and Mčedlidze 1970.
Redescription of three fossil baleen whale skulls from the ... - PLOS
2024年3月13日 · Cetotheriidae is a family of baleen whales that went nearly extinct during the Pleistocene (excluding Caperea marginata). For a long time, the Cetotheriidae family has been seen as a problematic clade, but in the past two decades there have been various studies trying to resolve the phylogeny of this group.
A new species of Metopocetus (Cetacea, Mysticeti, Cetotheriidae) …
2016年1月28日 · Considerably better supported relationships, though not of immediate interest to this study, include the clade comprising the Cetotherium-like taxa (Brandtocetus, Cetotherium and Kurdalagonus) from the Eastern Paratethys, neobalaenines, herpetocetines, and the branch uniting the latter two (Fig. 10).
(PDF) The Anatomy of the Late Miocene Baleen Whale Cetotherium ...
2014年12月10日 · We re-describe Cetotherium riabinini, a little known baleen whale from the Late Miocene of the Eastern Paratethys. C. riabinini is represented by an exceptionally well-preserved skull and partial...
Abstract: Nine taxa of Miocene baleen whales were described from the Black Sea region under the name Cetother-ium before 1951, and a further four closely related species rep-resenting three...
The anatomy of the Late Miocene baleen whale Cetotherium …
We re-describe Cetotherium riabinini, a little-known baleen whale from the Late Miocene of the Eastern Paratethys represented by an exceptionally well-preserved skull and partial skeleton. C. riabinini is shown to be closely related to C. rathkii, the only other member of the genus.