Llanocetidae Explained

Llanocetidae is an extinct family of ancient toothed baleen whales from the Eocene. It was named by American paleontologist Edward Mitchell in 1989 after describing the Antarctic Llanocetus,^[1] but a 2018 study by paleontologists Ewan Fordyce and Felix Marx included the Peruvian Mystacodon and an undescribed New Zealand specimen OU GS10897.^[2]

Notes and References

1. Mitchell . E. D. . 1989 . A new cetacean from the Late Eocene La Meseta Formation, Seymour Island, Antarctic Peninsula . Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences . 46 . 12 . 2219–2235 . 10.1139/f89-273.
2. R. E.. Fordyce. F. G.. Marx. 2018. Gigantism precedes filter feeding in baleen whale evolution. Current Biology. 28. 10. 1670–1676. 10.1016/j.cub.2018.04.027. 29754903. free.