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Llanocetus
''Llanocetus'' (“Llano's whale”) is a genus of extinct baleen whales from the Priabonian (Late Eocene) of Antarctica. Its fossilized remains were discovered on Seymour Island in the Antarctic Peninsula, within La Meseta Formation.〔Mitchell, op. cit., p. 2219〕
The remains — a partial skull — were described in 1989 by Edward D. Mitchell, who argued they belonged to a medium-sized whale which shared traits of both archaeocetes and mysticetes:〔 it carried a wide, flat, and dorsoventrally flat rostrum, its jaw had heterodont teeth separated by wide diastemata, and the cheek teeth were two-rooted and palmated with accessory denticles. Additionally, fine grooves around the alveoli indicate the palate had a rich blood supply.
Mitchell interpreted ''Llanocetus'' as a basal mysticete with filter feeding behaviour, probably feeding on euphausiids or similar small animals.〔Mitchell, op. cit., p. 2227〕 The sediments within which the fossil was found seems to indicate a lagoonar environment.〔Mitchell, op. cit., p. 2223〕
Mitchell created for the specimen the new monotypic family Llanocetidae, as well as the new monotypic genus ''Llanocetus'' and the species ''L. denticrenatus''. The three new taxa were dedicated to the American biologist George A. Llano.〔
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