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mysticete
▪ I. mysticete1 (ˈmɪstɪsiːt) Formerly also in L. form. [ad. mod.L. mysticētus, a. Gr. µυστίκητος (in old edd. of Aristotle Hist. Anim. iii. xii, where mod. edd. read ὁ µῦς τὸ κῆτος, ‘the {oqq}mouse{cqq} (i.e. the whale so called)’). The identity of the animal referred to by Aristotle has not been de...
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Mirocetus
Although originally assigned to Patriocetidae in the original description, it was later assigned to the mysticete family Aetiocetidae by Mchedlidze (1976
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mystacocete
mystacocete Zool. (ˈmɪstəkəʊsiːt) [ad. mod.L. Mystacocēt-us, f. Gr. µυστακ(ο)-, µύσταξ upper lip, moustache + κῆτος whale. (App. formed as a correction of the unmeaning mysticētus mysticete1.)] A cetacean of the sub-order Mystacoceti or whale-bone whales (opposed to Odontoceti).1883 W. H. Flower in ...
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Mithridatocetus
Mithridatocetus is a genus of cetotheriid mysticete in the subfamily Cetotheriinae.
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Herpetocetus
Herpetocetus is a genus of cetotheriid mysticete in the subfamily Herpetocetinae. end of the Neogene, it's therefore possible that some Pliocene representatives of Cetotheriidae made it into the Pleistocene to co-exist with extant mysticete
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Ciuciulea davidi
Ciuciulea is a genus of cetotheriid mysticete found in middle Miocene marine deposits in Moldova.
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Aetiocetus
Almost all phylogenies agree that Aetiocetus is a stem mysticete with no affiliation with crown Mysticeti. Aetiocetus might have been a functional mysticete.
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Nannocetus
Description
Nannocetus is a diminutive mysticete measuring long.
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Plesiocetus
It has had a chequered taxonomic history, having served as a wastebasket genus for a handful of mysticete species. Taxonomy
The genus Plesiocetus was originally coined for three mysticete species from Neogene marine deposits in the vicinity of Antwerp, Belgium: P.
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Zygiocetus
Zygiocetus is an extinct genus of cetotheriid mysticete in the subfamily Cetotheriinae.
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Tranatocetus
Tranatocetus is an extinct genus of mysticete from the late Miocene (Tortonian) of Jutland, Denmark.
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Mixocetus
Description
Mixocetus is a large-size mysticete with a long, narrow rostrum, a robust braincase, a nostril opening extending posteriorly just a few inches
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Brandtocetus
Brandtocetus is a genus of cetotheriid mysticete in the subfamily Cetotheriinae.
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Diaphorocetus
Lydekker (1893) found that Mesocetus was already in use for an extinct mysticete, so he renamed the sperm whale Hypocetus.
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Eucetotherium
Eucetotherium is a genus of cetotheriid mysticete from Miocene (Tortonian) marine deposits in the Russian Caucasus.
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