Mammalia - Cetacea - Cetotheriidae

Alternative spelling: Erpetocetus

Synonym: Mizuhoptera Hatai et al. 1963

Full reference: P. J. Van Beneden. 1872. Les Baleines fossiles d'Anvers. Bulletins de L'Academie Royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux-arts 34:6-23

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

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

Subtaxa: Herpetocetus bramblei, Herpetocetus scaldiensis, Herpetocetus sendaicus, Herpetocetus transatlanticus

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Ecology: aquatic carnivore-suspension feeder