†Plesiocetus giganteus Vanden Broeck 1874 (whale)
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Full reference: E. Vanden Broeck. 1874. Esquisse Geologique & paleontologique des depots Pliocenes des Environs d'Anvers. Memoires de la Societe Malacologiques de Belgique 9:87-374
Belongs to Plesiocetus according to O. Abel 1901
See also Vanden Broeck 1874
Sister taxa: Balaenoptera (Plesiocetus) cortesii, Plesiocetus brialmontii, Plesiocetus dubius, Plesiocetus intermedius, Plesiocetus minor, Plesiocetus notopelagicus, Plesiocetus rostratus, Plesiocetus tertius
Type specimen: Its type locality is Sablesmoyens d'Anvers, which is in a Tortonian lagoonal sandstone in the Diest Formation of Belgium
Ecology: aquatic carnivore-suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Sablesmoyens d'Anvers
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