Name
Mixocetus (mixed whale).
Phonetic
Miks-oh-see-tus.
Named By
R. Kellogg - 1934.
Classification
Chordata, Mammalia, Cetacea, Mysticeti, Cetotheriidae.
Diet
Filter feeder.
Species
M. elysius
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.
- 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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