Thalassocetus Abel 1905 (sperm whale)

Mammalia - Cetacea - Physeteridae

Full reference: O. Abel. 1905. Les Odontocètes du Boldérien (Miocène Supérieur) D'Anvers. Mémoires du Musée royal D'Histoire Naturelle de Belgique 3:1-155

Parent taxon: Physeteridae according to A. Alfsen et al. 2021

See also Abel 1905, Berta 2017, Bianucci and Landini 2006, Carroll 1988, Collareta et al. 2017, Fordyce and de Muizon 2001, Kazár 2002, Kellogg 1928, Lambert 2008, Marx et al. 2016, McKenna and Bell 1997, Sepkoski 2002, Simpson 1945, Uhen and Pyenson 2007, Velez-Juarbe et al. 2015 and Zittel 1925

Sister taxa: Aulophyseter, Aulophyseterinae, Diaphorocetus, Hoplocetinae, Idiophyseter, Idiorophus, Kogiopsis, Orca semseyi, Orcopsis, Orycterocetus, Paleophoca, Physeter, Physeterinae, Physeterula, Physodontidae, Physotherium, Placoziphius, Scaldicetus lodgei, Ziphioides, Ziphiola, Physeteres, Hoploceti

Subtaxa: Thalassocetus antwerpiensis

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Ecology: aquatic piscivore-carnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene to Pliocene of Belgium (1 collection)

• Miocene of Belgium (2), the Netherlands (1)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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