Thalassocetus antwerpiensis 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

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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