Mammalia - Cetacea - Physeteridae
Synonym: Gargantuodon Ginsburg 1969
Full reference: J. Leidy. 1853. [Observations on extinct Cetacea]. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences 6:377-378
Parent taxon: Physeteridae according to A. Collareta et al. 2017
See also Benton 1993, Berta 2017, Bianucci et al. 2011, Bianucci and Varola 2014, Carroll 1988, Case 1904, Cope 1867, Fordyce and de Muizon 2001, Geisler and Sanders 2003, Gill 1871, Ginsburg 1969, Ginsburg and Janvier 1971, Ginsburg and Janvier 1975, Godfrey and Lambert 2023, Gottfried et al. 1994, Hastings and Dooley 2017, Hay 1902, Hay 1930, Kazár 2002, Kellogg 1928, Lambert 2008, Leidy 1853, Marx et al. 2016, McKenna and Bell 1997, Muizon 1990, Palmer 1904, Sepkoski 2002, Simpson 1945, Trouessart 1898, Uhen et al. 2008, Valerio and Laurito 2012 and Velez-Juarbe et al. 2015
Sister taxa: Aulophyseter, Aulophyseterinae, Diaphorocetus, Hoplocetinae, Idiophyseter, Idiorophus, Kogiopsis, Orca semseyi, Orcopsis, Paleophoca, Physeter, Physeterinae, Physeterula, Physodontidae, Physotherium, Placoziphius, Scaldicetus lodgei, Thalassocetus, Ziphioides, Ziphiola, Physeteres, Hoploceti
Subtaxa: Orycterocetus cornutidens Orycterocetus crocodilinus Orycterocetus quadratidens
Type: Orycterocetus quadratidens
Ecology: aquatic piscivore-carnivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of United States (2: North Carolina collections)
• Hemphillian of Costa Rica (1)
• Miocene of Belgium (1), France (7), Germany (1), Italy (2), Malta (2), United States (15: Maryland, Virginia)
Total: 31 collections including 32 occurrences
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