Mystacodon, Lambert, Martínez-Cáceres, Bianucci, Di Celma, Salas- Gismondi, Steurbaut, Urbina & Muizon, 2017

Muizon, Christian de, Bianucci, Giovanni, Martínez-Cáceres, Manuel & Lambert, Olivier, 2019, Mystacodon selenensis, the earliest known toothed mysticete (Cetacea, Mammalia) from the late Eocene of Peru: anatomy, phylogeny, and feeding adaptations, Geodiversitas 41 (11), pp. 401-499 : 405-406

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5252/geodiversitas2019v41a11
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3704890
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scientific name	Mystacodon
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Genus Mystacodon

Lambert, Martínez-Cáceres, Bianucci, Di Celma, Salas- Gismondi, Steurbaut, Urbina & Muizon, 2017

TYPE AND ONLY SPECIES INCLUDED. — Mystacodon selenensis .

ETYMOLOGY. — From ancient Greek mystacos (“moustache”) in reference to the suborder Mysticeti and odontos (“tooth”), “mysticete with teeth”. DIAGNOSIS. — The same as for the type species, Mystacodon selenensis .

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Mammalia
Order	Cetacea
Family	Mystacodontidae

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