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TITANOCETUS
(ty-tan-o-see-tus)
meaning: "Titano whale - named after Monte Titano"
Titanocetus
Named By: M. Bisconti in 2006
Time Period: Serravallian
Location: San Marino
Size: Skull about 1 meter long, total body length estimated to be about 6 meters long
Diet: Carnivore - Filter feeder
Fossil(s): Skull
Classification: | Chordata | Mammalia | Cetacea | Mysticeti | Thalassotherii | Cetotheriidae |
Also known as: | Aulocetus sammarinensis |
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Titanocetus ("Titano whale") is a genus of extinct cetaceans closely related to the family Cetotheriidae.

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