Septemtriocetus bosselaersi Lambert 2008 (porpoise)

Mammalia - Cetacea - Phocoenidae

Full reference: O. Lambert. 2008. A new porpoise (Cetacea, Odontoceti, Phocoenidae) from the Pliocene of the North Sea. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 28(3):863-872

Belongs to Septemtriocetus according to O. Lambert 2008

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: IRSNB m.1928, a skull. Its type locality is Verrebroek dock (Kruisschans Member), which is in a Piacenzian marine claystone in the Lillo Formation of Belgium.

Ecology: aquatic piscivore

Distribution: found only at Verrebroek dock (Kruisschans Member)

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