Oryctos
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Jason S. Anderson and Lawrence G. Barnes, A Fossil Miocene Whale from the Tipam Sandstone, St. Martin's Island, Bangladesh. Oryctos 3, 79-84.
The first vertebrate fossil, a lumbar vertebra from a mysticete whale, known from the Tipam Sandstone of the Bengal Basin is presented and described. Large mysticete remains from Miocene deposits surrounding the Indian Ocean are exceedingly rare, making this specimen, while isolated, important for discussions of cetacean evolution and biogeography, as well as for understanding the geologic context of St. Martin's Island. Miocene Asian Cetacea are known from fragmentary material, requiring the reduction of two nominal taxa, Mioceta bigelowi and Mioceta magna, to nomina dubia.
Keywords: Mysticeti, cetacean, Tipam Formation, Bengal Basin
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