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Metopocetus

Index Metopocetus

Metopocetus is an extinct genus of baleen whale belonging to the family Cetotheriidae. [1]

11 relations: Baleen whale, Breda Formation, Calvert Cliffs State Park, Cetotheriidae, Edward Drinker Cope, Langhian, Miocene, Netherlands, Type species, Virginia, Westmoreland County, Virginia.

Baleen whale

Baleen whales (systematic name Mysticeti), known earlier as whalebone whales, form a parvorder of the infraorder Cetacea (whales, dolphins and porpoises).

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Breda Formation

The Breda Formation (Formatie van Breda; abbreviation: BR) is a geologic formation in the subsurface of the Netherlands.

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Calvert Cliffs State Park

Calvert Cliffs State Park is a public recreation area in Lusby, Calvert County, Maryland, that protects a portion of cliffs that extend for 24 miles along the eastern flank of the Calvert Peninsula on the west side of Chesapeake Bay from Chesapeake Beach southward to Drum Point.

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Cetotheriidae

Cetotheriidae is a family of baleen whales (suborder Mysticeti).

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Edward Drinker Cope

Edward Drinker Cope (July 28, 1840 – April 12, 1897) was an American paleontologist and comparative anatomist, as well as a noted herpetologist and ichthyologist.

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Langhian

The Langhian is, in the ICS geologic timescale, an age or stage in the middle Miocene epoch/series.

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Miocene

The Miocene is the first geological epoch of the Neogene Period and extends from about (Ma).

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Netherlands

The Netherlands (Nederland), often referred to as Holland, is a country located mostly in Western Europe with a population of seventeen million.

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Type species

In zoological nomenclature, a type species (species typica) is the species name with which the name of a genus or subgenus is considered to be permanently taxonomically associated, i.e., the species that contains the biological type specimen(s).

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Virginia

Virginia (officially the Commonwealth of Virginia) is a state in the Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States located between the Atlantic Coast and the Appalachian Mountains.

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Westmoreland County, Virginia

Westmoreland County is a county located in the Northern Neck of the Commonwealth of Virginia.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metopocetus

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