Alternative combinations: Mesocetus latifrons, Plesiocetus latifrons
Full reference: P. J. Van Beneden. 1880. Les mysticetes a courts fanons des sables des environs d'anvers. Bulletins de L'Academie Royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux-Arts de Belgique 1880:11-27
Belongs to Aglaocetus according to M. Steeman 2010
See also Abel 1938, Trouessart 1898, Trouessart 1904, Van Beneden 1880 and Van Deinse 1931
Sister taxa: Aglaocetus burtinii, Aglaocetus longifrons, Aglaocetus moreni, Aglaocetus rotundus
Type specimen: lectotype IRScNB CtM 567/Reg 198, a partial skull (left periotic). Its type locality is Deurne (Fort 1), Antwerpen Sands Member, which is in a Langhian/Serravallian open shallow subtidal sandstone in the Berchem Formation of Belgium.
Ecology: aquatic carnivore-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene of Belgium (1 collection), the Netherlands (1)
Total: 2 collections including 3 occurrences
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