Llanocetus
Genus of extinct toothed baleen whales / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Llanocetus ( "Llano's whale" ) is a genus of extinct toothed baleen whales from the Late Eocene of Antarctica. The type species, Llanocetus denticrenatus, reached gigantic proportions, with the juvenile specimen reaching an estimated 8 m (26 ft) in length; a second, unnamed species, known only from three isolated premolar teeth, reached an estimated total body length of up to 12 m (39 ft).[2] Like other contemporary baleen whales of the Eocene, Llanocetus completely lacked baleen in its jaws. It was probably a suction feeder like the modern beaked and pygmy right whales.
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Llanocetus | |
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Skull of Llanocetus denticrenatus at the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Artiodactyla |
Infraorder: | Cetacea |
Parvorder: | Mysticeti |
Family: | †Llanocetidae |
Genus: | †Llanocetus Mitchell, 1989[1] |
Type species | |
†Llanocetus denticrenatus Mitchell, 1989[1] |
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