Tranatocetus
Name:
Tranatocetus.
Phonetic: Tran-at-o-see-tus.
Named By: P. Goldin & M. E. Steeman
- 2015.
Synonyms: Mesocetus argillarius.
Classification: Chordata, Mammalia, Cetacea,
Mysticeti, Tranatocetidae.
Species: T. argillarius
(type), T. maregermanicum.
Diet: Carnivore/filter feeder.
Size: Unavailable.
Known locations: Denmark - Gram Formation.
Time period: Tortonian of the Miocene.
Fossil representation: Partial skull.
Originally named as a species of Mesocetus, Tranatocetus is a genus of whale that lived around Denmark during the Miocene.
Further reading
- Mesocetus argillarius sp.n. (Cetacea,
Mysticeti) from Upper
Miocene of Denmark, with Remarks on the Lower Jaw and the
Echolocation System in Whale Phytogeny. - Zoologica Scripta 7
(1-4): 63–79. - Flemming Roth - 1978.
- From problem taxa to problem solver: A new Miocene family,
Tranatocetidae, brings perspective on baleen whale evolution. PLoS
One 10(9). - P. Goldin & M. E. Steeman -
2015.
- A large Late Miocene cetotheriid (Cetacea, Mysticeti) from the
Netherlands clarifies the status of Tranatocetidae. - PeerJ. 7 - Felix
G. Marx, Klaas Post, Mark Bosselaers & Dirk K. Munsterman -
2019
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