Mammalia - Cetacea - Cetotheriidae

Full reference: M. E. Steeman. 2007. Cladistic analysis and a revised classification of fossil and recent mysticetes. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 150:875-894

Parent taxon: Cetotheriidae according to K. K. Tarasenko and A. V. Lopatin 2012

Sister taxa: Cetotheriinae, Herpetocetus, Hibacetus, Joumocetus, Metopocetus, Mixocetus, Nannocetus, Neobalaeninae, Palaeobalaena, Piscobalaena, Plesiocetopsis

Subtaxa: Cephalotropis, Vampalus

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Ecology: aquatic carnivore-suspension feeder