Heterocetus scriptus Vanden Broeck 1874 (whale)

Mammalia - Cetacea - Cetotheriidae

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 Heterocetus according to O. Abel 1901

See also Vanden Broeck 1874

Sister taxa: Heterocetus brevifrons, Heterocetus guiscardii, Heterocetus major, Heterocetus sprangii

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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