Mammalia - Cetacea - Cetotheriidae

Alternative spelling: Cetotherium (Plesiocetopsis)

Full reference: J. F. Brandt. 1873. Untersuchungen über die fossilen und subfossilen cetaceen Europa's. Mémoires de L'Académie Impériale des Sciences de Saint-Petersbourg, Series 7 20(1):1-372

Parent taxon: Cetotheriidae according to J. Canto et al. 2010

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

Subtaxa: Plesiocetopsis notopelagicus

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Ecology: aquatic carnivore-suspension feeder