ammonites
Siphonocetus clarkianus Cope 1895 (whale)

Mammalia - Cetacea

Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1895. Fourth contribution to the marine fauna of the Miocene period of the United States. Proceedings of the American Philosphical Society 34:135-155

Belongs to Siphonocetus according to E. D. Cope 1895

Sister taxa: Aetiocetidae, Aetiocetoidea, Balaenoptera cortesii portisii, Cetotherioidea, Cetotheriopsis, Chaeomysticeti, Eomysticetidae, Llanocetidae, Mammalodontidae, Mauicetus, Physalidae, Pterobalaenidae

Type specimen: USNM 12721

Ecology: aquatic carnivore-suspension feeder