Alternative combinations: Cetotherium (Plesiocetopsis) burtinii, Cetotherium burtini, Cetotherium burtinii, Heterocetus burtini, Heterocetus burtinii, Plesiocetus burtini, Plesiocetus burtinii
Full reference: P. J. Van Beneden. 1859. Rapport de M. Van Beneden. Bulletins de L'Academie Royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux-Arts de Belgique 8:123-146
Belongs to Aglaocetus according to M. Steeman 2010
See also Abel 1901, Bisconti and Bosselaers 2021, Brandt 1873, Lydekker 1887, Trouessart 1898, Trouessart 1904, Van Beneden 1859, Van Beneden 1872, Van Beneden 1880, Van Beneden 1885 and Vanden Broeck 1874
Sister taxa: Aglaocetus latifrons, Aglaocetus longifrons, Aglaocetus moreni, Aglaocetus rotundus
Type specimen: lectotype IRScNB CtM 677/Reg 1409, a partial skull (right periotic). Its type locality is Deurne (Fort 1), Deurne Sand, which is in a Tortonian lagoonal sandstone in the Diest Formation of Belgium.
Ecology: aquatic carnivore-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Belgium (1 collection), France (1)
• Miocene of Belgium (1)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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