Tiphyocetus temblorensis Middle Miocene Round Mountain Silt, Shark Tooth Hill Bone Bed, Bakersfield, Kern County, California The genus Tiphyocetus has been classified among a loosely-defined group of small- to medium-sized baleen whales called cetotheres (Cetotheriidae), a group that appeared in the Late Oligocene and died out in the Late Pliocene. During the Middle Miocene, nearly all the baleen whale groups we know today, such as the humpback, gray, fin and blue whales, had not yet appeared. Only early relatives of the right whale (family Balaenidae) were present. While baleen whales are the largest mammals of today (the blue whale can reach 100 feet in length) the cetotheres were rather small in the Middle Miocene, the largest reaching just over thirty feet. Tiphyocetus temblorensis is sometimes referred to as the slender-headed cetotheriid among the STH whale fauna. This juvenile baleen whale skeleton is a composite from two animals. It was recently on exhibit at the Buena Vista Museum of Natural History in Bakersfield, California. Skull measures 38in
Tiphyocetus temblorensis Middle Miocene Round Mountain Silt, Shark Tooth Hill Bone Bed, Bakersfield, Kern County, California The genus Tiphyocetus has been classified among a loosely-defined group of small- to medium-sized baleen whales called cetotheres (Cetotheriidae), a group that appeared in the Late Oligocene and died out in the Late Pliocene. During the Middle Miocene, nearly all the baleen whale groups we know today, such as the humpback, gray, fin and blue whales, had not yet appeared. Only early relatives of the right whale (family Balaenidae) were present. While baleen whales are the largest mammals of today (the blue whale can reach 100 feet in length) the cetotheres were rather small in the Middle Miocene, the largest reaching just over thirty feet. Tiphyocetus temblorensis is sometimes referred to as the slender-headed cetotheriid among the STH whale fauna. This juvenile baleen whale skeleton is a composite from two animals. It was recently on exhibit at the Buena Vista Museum of Natural History in Bakersfield, California. Skull measures 38in
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