Mammalia - Cetacea - Physeteridae

Full reference: M. Bisconti, R. Daniello, R. Stecca and G. Carnevale. 2025. A new Pliocene sperm whale from Vigliano d'Asti, Piedmont, Northwest Italy. Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia 131(1):139-175

Parent taxon: Physeteridae according to M. Bisconti et al. 2025

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

Subtaxa: Eophyseter damarcoi

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Type: Eophyseter damarcoi

Ecology: aquatic piscivore-carnivore

Distribution: found only at Valmontasca (Pliocene of Italy)

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