ammonites
Mesocetus hungaricus Kadic 1907 (whale)

Mammalia - Cetacea

Full reference: O. Kadic. 1907. Mesocetus hungaricus Kadic, Eine neue balaenopteridenart aus dem Miozan von Borbolya in Ungarn. Sonderabdruck aus den Mitteilungen aus dem Jahrbuche der Kgl. Ungarischen Geologiscen Anstalt 16:21-92

Belongs to Mesocetus according to J. Pia 1937

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

Type specimen: Its type locality is Borbolya, which is in a Miocene marine horizon in Austria

Ecology: aquatic carnivore-suspension feeder