Cetotheriidae

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Cetotheriidae Temporal range: Chattian–Recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Cetotherium riabinini
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Artiodactyla
Infraorder:	Cetacea
Parvorder:	Mysticeti
Family:	Cetotheriidae Brandt 1872 harvnb error: no target: CITEREFBrandt1872 (help)
Subfamilies and genera
See text
Synonyms
Neobalaenidae? Miller, 1923

Cetotheriidae is a family of baleen whales. This family was thought to be extinct, but some phylogenetic studies conducted by Fordyce and Marx 2013 reclassified the pygmy right whale as a member of the Cetotheriidae, therefore making it the only surviving species of the cetotheres.

Classification

• †Cephalotropis Cope 1896
• †Joumocetus Kimura & Hasegawa 2010
• Subfamily: †Cetotheriinae Whitmore and Barnes, 2008
  • †Brandtocetus Gol'din and Startsev 2014
  • †Cetotherium Brandt 1843
  • †Ciuciulea Gol'din, 2018
  • †Eucetotherium Brandt 1873
  • †Kurdalagonus Tarasenko & Lopatin 2012
  • †Mithridatocetus Gol'din and Startsev 2017
  • †Vampalus Tarasenko & Lopatin 2012
  • †Zygiocetus Tarasenko 2014
• Subfamily Herpetocetinae Steeman, 2007
  • †Herentalia Bisconti 2015
  • †Herpetocetus Van Beneden 1872
  • †Metopocetus Cope 1896
  • †Nannocetus Kellogg 1929
  • †Piscobalaena Pilleri and Siber 1989
  • †Miocaperea Bisconti, 2012
  • ?Caperea Gray, 1846

Incertae sedis:

• †Hibacetus Otsuka and Ota 2008

Gallery

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  Herpetocetus bramblei
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  Brandtocetus chongulek
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  Cephalotropis coronatus

References

1. ↑ "Cetotheriidae". Fossilworks.
2. ↑ Fordyce, R. E.; Marx, F. G. (2013). "The pygmy right whale Caperea marginata: the last of the cetotheres". Proceedings. Biological Sciences. 280 (1753). Bibcode:2013PBioS.28022645F. doi:10.1098/rspb.2012.2645. PMC 3574355. PMID 23256199.

Other websites

• https://www.researchgate.net/publication/309299195_A_systematic_review_of_cetothere_baleen_whales_Cetacea_Cetotheriidae_from_the_Late_Miocene_of_Crimea_and_Caucasus_with_a_new_genus