Alternative combination: Aglaocetus patulus
Full reference: R. Kellogg. 1968. A sharp-nosed cetothere from the Miocene Calvert. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 247(7):163-173
Belongs to Atlanticetus according to M. Bisconti et al. 2021
See also Bisconti et al. 2013, Bouetel and Muizon 2006, Gottfried et al. 1994, Hastings and Dooley 2017, Kellogg 1968, Marx 2011, Marx and Fordyce 2015, Steeman 2010 and Uhen et al. 2008
Sister taxa: Atlanticetus laevi, Atlanticetus lavei
Type specimen: USNM 23690, a skull. Its type locality is Stratford Bluffs, Zone 14-16, which is in a Serravallian offshore claystone in the Calvert Formation of Virginia.
Ecology: aquatic carnivore-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (5: Maryland, Virginia collections)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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