Mammalia - Cetacea - Cetotheriidae

Full reference: G. Pilleri and H. J. Siber. 1989. Neuer Spattertiarer cetotherid (Cetacea, Mysticeti) aus der Pisco Formation Perus. Beitrage zur Palaontologie der Cetaceen Perus 109-115

Belongs to Piscobalaena according to M. Bisconti et al. 2013

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: H. J. Siber collection, a skull (skull). Its type locality is Sud-Sacaco West (SAS) horizon), which is in a Messinian foreshore siltstone in the Pisco Formation of Peru.

Ecology: aquatic carnivore-suspension feeder

Average measurements (in mm): 987.5 x 389.7, humerus length 178.5, radius length 254.4, ulna length 272.4

Estimated body mass: 3.95 tons based on humerus length, radius length, and ulna length