ammonites
Titanocetus Bisconti 2006 (whale)

Mammalia - Cetacea

Full reference: M. Bisconti. 2006. Titanocetus, a new baleen whale from the middle Miocene of northern Italy (Mammalia, Cetacea, Mysticeti). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 26(2):344-354

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

Sister taxa: Aglaocetus, Balaenopteridae, Cetotheriidae, Diorocetus, Eschrichtiidae, Isanacetus, Isocetus, Parietobalaena, Pelocetus, Cophocetus, Halicetus, Thinocetus, Uranocetus, Pinocetus

Subtaxa: Titanocetus sammariensis

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Ecology: aquatic carnivore-suspension feeder