Eomysticetidae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cetacea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Zatheria Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Cladus: Scrotifera Grandordo: Ferungulata Mirordo: Euungulata Ordo: Artiodactyla Cladus: Artiofabula Cladus: Cetruminantia Cladus: Cetancodontamorpha Subordo: Whippomorpha Cladus: Cetaceamorpha Infraordo: Cetacea

Familia: †Eomysticetidae
Genera (7): †Eomysticetus – †Matapanui – †Micromysticetus – †Tohoraata – †Tokarahia – †Waharoa – †Yamatocetus

Eomysticetidae Sanders & Barnes, 2002: 315

Type genus: Eomysticetus [Sanders & Barnes, 2002: 315]

Sanders, A.E. & Barnes, L.G. 2002. Paleontology of the Late Oligocene Ashley and Chandler Bridge Formations of South Carolina, 3: Eomysticetidae, a New Family of Primitive Mysticetes (Mammalia: Cetacea). Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 93: 313–356. DOI: 10.5479/si.00810266.93 Reference page.

Boessenecker, R.; Fordyce, R.E. 2014 (Online): A new eomysticetid (Mammalia: Cetacea) from the Late Oligocene of New Zealand and a reevaluation of 'Mauicetus' waitakiensis. Papers in Palaeontology, DOI: 10.1002/spp2.1005 Reference page.