Mystacodon

Mystacodon; Temporal range: Late Eocene (Divisaderan); ~37.2–33.9 Ma PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Artiodactyla
Infraorder:	Cetacea
Parvorder:	Mysticeti
Genus:	†Mystacodon; Lambert et al., 2017
Type species
	M. selenensis;

Mystacodon is a genus of toothed mysticete from the Late Eocene Yumaque Formation of Peru.^[1] It is the earliest known member of the Mysticeti, and the second confirmed Eocene mysticete.

Phylogeny

Mystacodon is recovered as basal to other toothed mysticetes and Llanocetus, the latter which is more closely related to toothless mysticetes (Chaeomysticeti).^[2]

References

↑ Mystacodon at Fossilworks.org
↑ Olivier Lambert; Manuel Martínez-Cáceres; Giovanni Bianucci; Claudio Di Celma; Rodolfo Salas-Gismondi; Etienne Steurbaut; Mario Urbina; Christian de Muizon (2017). "Earliest Mysticete from the Late Eocene of Peru Sheds New Light on the Origin of Baleen Whales". Current Biology. in press. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2017.04.026.

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[FWMystacodon-1] Mystacodon at Fossilworks.org

[2] Olivier Lambert; Manuel Martínez-Cáceres; Giovanni Bianucci; Claudio Di Celma; Rodolfo Salas-Gismondi; Etienne Steurbaut; Mario Urbina; Christian de Muizon (2017). "Earliest Mysticete from the Late Eocene of Peru Sheds New Light on the Origin of Baleen Whales". Current Biology. in press. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2017.04.026.