Eomysticetidae is a family of extinct mysticetes belonging to Chaeomysticeti (toothless mysticetes). It is one of two families in the basal chaeomysticete clade Eomysticetoidea (the other being Cetotheriopsidae).
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Eomysticetidae is a family of extinct mysticetes belonging to Chaeomysticeti (toothless mysticetes). It is one of two families in the basal chaeomysticete...
(2024). "Echericetus novellus n. gen. n. sp. (Cetacea, Mysticeti, Eomysticetidae), an Oligocene baleen whale from Baja California Sur, Mexico". Journal...
co-authored with Robert W. Boessenecker reviewing early baleen whales (Eomysticetidae) and describing a new whale species, Matapanui waihao. Fordyce died...
(2024). "Echericetus novellus n. gen. n. sp. (Cetacea, Mysticeti, Eomysticetidae), an Oligocene baleen whale from Baja California Sur, Mexico". Journal...
Formation of South Carolina. Eomysticetus is a member of the family Eomysticetidae, which also includes Micromysticetus, Tohoraata, Tokarahia, and Yamatocetus...
while M. lophocephalus and M. waitakiensis have been reclassified in Eomysticetidae, with M. lophocephalus and M. waitakiensis being assigned to Tokarahia...
mouth which indicate functional baleen. It was placed into the family Eomysticetidae, a primitive group of baleen whales. As in other baleen whales, the...
Oligocene Ashley and Chandler Bridge Formations of South Carolina, 3: Eomysticetidae, a new family of primitive mysticetes". Smithsonian Contributions to...
raekohao and T. waitakiensis. Tohoraata is a member of the family Eomysticetidae, a family of primitive baleen-bearing mysticetes (chaeomysticetes)....
bullae. A xenorophid, possibly the same taxon as Echovenator sp. EomysticetidaeEomysticetidae indet. CCNHM 1831 and CCNHM 1821, both are right tympanic bullae...
skull roof, especially in the premaxillae. It differs from members of Eomysticetidae in that the dorsal edge of the skull ascends steeply towards the palate...
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