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| Zygiocetus nartorum Temporal range: Late Miocene
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Infraorder: | Cetacea |
| Family: | Cetotheriidae |
| Genus: | †Zygiocetus |
| Species: | †Z. nartorum
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| Binomial name | |
| †Zygiocetus nartorum Konstantin K. Tarasenko, 2014
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Zygiocetus nartorum is an extinct species of the polyphyletic family Cetotheriidae and the only known member of the genus Zygiocetus. It lived from 12.1-11.6 Mya in the Late Miocene of the Northern Caucasus and is known from one nearly complete skeleton and two premaxillae. [1] These were found in the Krasnooktyabr’sk Formation in Adygea, near the mouth of the Kurdzhips River, which is hypothesized to have been a bank formed by a bioherm reef.[2]
Taxonomy edit
This whale was first discovered by Konstantin Tarasenko in 2005. Taransenko named the species after the Nart saga, a traditional folktale from the North Caucasus.[3]
Description edit
Zygiocetus nartorum is believed to have been between 3.5-4.5m in length. It is distinguished form other Cetotheriidae due to a more elongated skull and a uniquely shaped supraoccipital. [4] ]]
Paleoecology edit
This whale, as with other Cetotheriidae, is hypothesized to have actively fed similarly to modern gray whales and [[Mallard|mallards].[5] cite: https://www.app.pan.pl/article/item/app20120107.html cite:http://jeb.biologists.org/content/214/12/2036
See also edit
References edit
- ^ Gol'din, Pavel (2018). "New Paratethyan dwarf baleen whales mark the origin of cetotheres". PeerJ. doi:10.7717/peerj.5800.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: unflagged free DOI (link) - ^ Tarasenko, K.K. (2014). "New Genera of Baleen Whales (Cetacea, Mammalia) from the Miocene of the Northern Caucasus and Ciscaucasia: 3. Zygiocetus gen. nov. (Middle Sarmatian, Adygea)". Paleontological Journal. 48: 551–562. doi:10.1134/S0031030114050116.
{{cite journal}}:|access-date=requires|url=(help) - ^ Tarasenko, K.K. (2014). "New Genera of Baleen Whales (Cetacea, Mammalia) from the Miocene of the Northern Caucasus and Ciscaucasia: 3. Zygiocetus gen. nov. (Middle Sarmatian, Adygea)". Paleontological Journal. 48: 551–562. doi:10.1134/S0031030114050116.
{{cite journal}}:|access-date=requires|url=(help) - ^ Tarasenko, K.K. (2014). "New Genera of Baleen Whales (Cetacea, Mammalia) from the Miocene of the Northern Caucasus and Ciscaucasia: 3. Zygiocetus gen. nov. (Middle Sarmatian, Adygea)". Paleontological Journal. 48: 551–562. doi:10.1134/S0031030114050116.
{{cite journal}}:|access-date=requires|url=(help) - ^ Tarasenko, K.K. (2014). "New Genera of Baleen Whales (Cetacea, Mammalia) from the Miocene of the Northern Caucasus and Ciscaucasia: 3. Zygiocetus gen. nov. (Middle Sarmatian, Adygea)". Paleontological Journal. 48: 551–562. doi:10.1134/S0031030114050116.
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