- and
other ancestral characters suggests that the
common ancestor of
aetiocetids and
edentulous mysticetes evolved lateral nutrient foramina,
which are...
- However, this
result suggests monophyly of the Aetiocetidae, or that all
aetiocetids are
derived from a
single common ancestor. In this phylogeny, the Aetiocetidae...
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Kaaucetus is an
extinct genus of
aetiocetid that
inhabited what is now the
coast of
Mexico during the
Chattian stage of the
Oligocene epoch. It contains...
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Salishicetus is an
extinct genus of
aetiocetid baleen whale from the Late
Oligocene discovered in
Washington state with one species: S. meadi. Like other...
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maxillae are thin,
indicating an
adaptation for
suction feeding. The
aetiocetid Chonecetus still had teeth, but the
presence of a
groove on the interior...
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Vancouver Island,
Stemec lived alongside the
Desmostylian Cornwallius, the
Aetiocetid Chonecetus and the
Pelagornithid Cyphornis in a
shallow marine environment...
- whale. Type
locality for
genus and species.
Fucaia F.
goedertorum An
aetiocetid baleen whale. ?Kronokotherium K. sp. A desmostylian.
Olympicetus O. avitus...
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Formation Genus Species Presence Material Notes Images Fucaia F.
buelli An
aetiocetid baleen whale.
Mysticeti indet. A
baleen whale of
uncertain affinities...
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Aetiocetus A.
cotylaveus Lincoln County, Oregon. An
aetiocetid whale. A.
weltoni Ona Beach,
Lincoln County, Oregon. UCMP 122900. An
aetiocetid whale....
- 9; 133.7). It is the oldest-known
whale from Australia, and the only
aetiocetid whale currently known from the
Southern Hemisphere.
Neville S. Pledge...
