Mixocetus
Name: Mixocetus
(mixed whale).
Phonetic: Miks-oh-see-tus.
Named By: R. Kellogg - 1934.
Classification: Chordata, Mammalia, Cetacea,
Mysticeti, Cetotheriidae.
Species: M. elysius (type).
Diet: Filter feeder.
Size: Unavailable.
Known locations: USA, California, Los Angeles
County - Modelo Formation.
Time period: Tortonian of the Miocene.
Fossil representation: Skull remains.
Mixocetus was a genus of baleen whale known to have swum in the oceanic waters off California during the late Miocene epoch.
Further reading
- A new cetothere from the Modelo Formation at Los Angeles,
California. - Carnegie Institution of Washington 447:83-104.
- R. Kellogg - 1934.
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