| Eucetotherium Temporal range:
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Scientific classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Infraorder: | Cetacea |
| Family: | Cetotheriidae |
| Genus: | †
Eucetotherium Brandt, 1873 |
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†E. helmersonii (Brandt, 1871) ( type) | |
Eucetotherium is a genus of cetotheriid mysticete from Miocene ( Tortonian) marine deposits in the Russian Caucasus. [1] [2] [3]
References
- ^ J. F. Brandt. 1871. Bericht uber den Fortgang meiner Studien uber di Cetaceen, welche das grosse zur Tertiarzeit von Mitteleuropa bis Centralasien hinein ausgedehnte Meeresbechen bevolkerten. Bulletin de l'Academie Imperiale de St. Petersbourg 1871:563-566
- ^ Gol’din, Pavel; Startsev, Dmitry (2014). "Brandtocetus, a new genus of baleen whales (Cetacea, Cetotheriidae) from the late Miocene of Crimea, Ukraine". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 34 (2): 419–433. Bibcode: 2014JVPal..34..419G. doi: 10.1080/02724634.2013.799482. S2CID 84535132.
- ^ Gol'din, Pavel; Startsev, Dmitry; Smith, Andrew (2016). "A systematic review of cetothere baleen whales (Cetacea, Cetotheriidae) from the Late Miocene of Crimea and Caucasus, with a new genus". Papers in Palaeontology. 3: 49–68. doi: 10.1002/spp2.1066. S2CID 88690543.
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