†Thalassocetus antwerpiensis Abel 1905 (sperm whale)
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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
Belongs to Thalassocetus according to A. Alfsen et al. 2021
See also Abel 1905, Fordyce and de Muizon 2001, Kazár 2002, Lambert 2008 and Velez-Juarbe et al. 2015
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: MRHNB 3428
Ecology: aquatic piscivore-carnivore
Distribution: found only at Anvers (Miocene to Pliocene of Belgium)
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