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Cetotherium ("whale beast") is an
extinct genus of
baleen whales from the
family Cetotheriidae. The
family Cetotheriidae and the
genus Cetotherium (sensu...
- †Palaeobalaena? †Titanocetus? †Tiucetus †Cetotheriinae
Brandtocetus Cetotherium Ciuciulea Eucetotherium Kurdalagonus Mithridatocetus Vampalus Zygiocetus...
- with the frontal" and some
other characters. This
group is
limited to
Cetotherium rathkii,
Metopocetus durinasus,
Mixocetus elysius,
Herpetocetus scaldiensis...
- Miocene-Pleistocene: 20-2
million years ago The Atlantic: C. megalodon,
Cetotherium, Squalodon, dugong,
great white shark (cameo),
green sea
turtle (cameo)...
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genera of
dwarf baleen whales within the
family Cetotheriidae,
including Cetotherium rathkii and
Ciuciulea davidi.
These are
among the
smallest baleen whales...
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Steeman (2007)
unless otherwise noted.
Adicetus Brandtocetus Cephalotropis Cetotherium Ciuciulea Eucetotherium Halicetus Herentalia Herpetocetus Hibacetus Joumocetus...
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originally thought to be a
species of
Eschrichtius (gray whales) or
Cetotherium, but more
recent analysis shows it to be a
member of Balaenoptera. Fossils...
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referred to
Cetotherium.(P.
hupschii and P.
burtinii were
later ****igned to Plesiocetopsis,
which was
originally erected as a
subgenus of
Cetotherium) Later...
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Cetotherium (Cetotheriidae,
Mysticeti cca 18 Ma)...
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Eschrichtioides was
highly contentious.
Brandt 1873
described several species of
Cetotherium from the
Pliocene of
northern Italy,
including C.
cortesi based on a...
