ammonites
Nannocetus Kellogg 1929 (whale)

Mammalia - Cetacea - Cetotheriidae

Full reference: R. Kellogg. 1929. A new cetothere from southern California. University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 18(15):449-457

Parent taxon: Cetotheriidae according to M. Bisconti et al. 2013

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

Subtaxa: Nannocetus eremus

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Ecology: aquatic carnivore-suspension feeder