Plesiocetopsis hupschii Van Beneden 1859 (whale)

Mammalia - Cetacea - Tranatocetidae

Alternative combinations: Cetotherium (Plesiocetopsis) hupschii, Cetotherium (Plesiocetus) hupschi, Cetotherium hupschi, Heterocetus hupschii, Plesiocetus hupschi, Plesiocetus hupschii

Full reference: P. J. Van Beneden. 1859. Rapport de M. Van Beneden. Bulletins de L'Academie Royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux-Arts de Belgique 8:123-146

Belongs to Plesiocetopsis according to M. Bisconti and M. Bosselaers 2021

See also Abel 1901, Brandt 1873, Gol'din and Steeman 2015, Kellogg 1925, Kellogg 1931, Lydekker 1887, Newton 1891, Roth 1978, Steeman 2010, Trouessart 1898, Trouessart 1904, Uhen et al. 2008, Van Beneden 1859, Van Beneden 1880, Van Beneden 1885 and Vanden Broeck 1874

Sister taxon: Plesiocetopsis occidentalis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Anvers, which is in a Miocene/Pliocene marine horizon in Belgium

Ecology: aquatic carnivore-suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Miocene of Belgium (3 collections), the Netherlands (1)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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