Brandtocetus

Brandtocetus Temporal range: Miocene
Brandtocetus chongulek, the holotype skull
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Artiodactyla
Infraorder:	Cetacea
Family:	Cetotheriidae
Subfamily:	†Cetotheriinae
Genus:	†Brandtocetus Gol’din and Startsev, 2014

Brandtocetus was a genus of cetothere whales in the subfamily Cetotheriinae. Its type species is Brandtocetus chongulek from the Miocene of the Kerch Peninsula in Crimea.

Description

Brandtocetus chongulek has transversely expanded squamosal bones, S-shaped nuchal crests, an anterior margin of the occipital shield extending anterior to the center of the temporal fossa, and an elongated posterior process of the tympanoperiotic.

Related pages

• Herpetocetus
• Cetotherium

References

1. ↑ "Brandtocetus, a new genus of baleen whales (Cetacea, Cetotheriidae) from the late Miocene of Crimea, Ukraine". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology.

Other websites

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