Full reference: J. F. Brandt. 1874. Die fossilen un subfossilen Cetaceen Europas. Zeitschrift für di Gesammten Naturwissenschaften 1874(IX):39-52
Parent taxon: Cetacea according to J. F. Brandt 1874
Sister taxa: Ambulocetidae, Anarnak, Anodontocete, Archaeoceti, Archaeocetus, Argyrocetidae, Balaenodea, Balaenodontae, Balaenoidorum, Berardiopsis miocaenus, Berardiopsis pliocaenus, Canis primigenius, Cetotheriomorphus dubius, Cetotherium priscum, Cetotolites, Globicephalus eocaenus, Halicore maximovitschii, Loncodelphis, Manatus giganteus, Mystacoceta, Nanisocetus, Neoballaenidae, Otaria leclercii, Oxypterus, Pakicetidae, Palaeocetus, Pelagiceti, Procetus, Proteroceta, Protocetidae, Protocetoidea, Remingtonocetidae, Remingtonocetoidea, Rhynchoceti, Squalodon hypsispondylus, Tretosphrys, Zeugloceta, Ziphius (Dolichodon) geelongensis, Balanadae
Subtaxa: Diaphorodontina Homoeodontina
Ecology: aquatic carnivore