Full reference: A. T. Boersma and N. D. Pyenson. 2015. Albicetus oxymycterus, a New Generic Name and Redescription of a Basal Physeteroid (Mammalia, Cetacea) from the Miocene of California, and the Evolution of Body Size in Sperm Whales. PLoS One 10(12):e0135551
Parent taxon: Physeteroidea according to A. T. Boersma and N. D. Pyenson 2015
See also Berta 2017
Sister taxa: Acrophyseter, Angelocetus, Brygmophyseter, Cozzuoliphyseter, Eudelphis, Ferecetotherium, Hoplocetus, Kogiidae, Livyatan, Miophyseter, Physeterida, Physeteridae, Preaulophyseter, Rhaphicetus, Scaldicetus, Zygophyseter
Subtaxa: Albicetus oxymycterus
Ecology: aquatic carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Japan (4 collections), United States (1: California)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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