Adicetus vandelli Van Beneden and Gervais 1868

Mammalia - Cetacea - Cetotheriidae

Alternative combinations: Aulocetus vandelli, Cetotherium (Cetotheriophanes) vandelli, Cetotherium vandelli, Cetotherium vandellii, Metopocetus vandelli, Plesiocetus vandellii

Full reference: P. J. Van Beneden and P. Gervais. 1868. Ostéographie des cétacés vivants et fossiles, comprenant la description et l'iconographie du squelette et du système dentaire de ces animaux; ainsi que des documents relatifs à leur histoire naturelle 1-634

Belongs to Adicetus according to R. Figueiredo et al. 2024

See also Brandt 1873, Capellini 1902, Gol'din and Steeman 2015, Goldin and Startsev 2014, Kellogg 1940, Marx 2011, Trouessart 1898, Trouessart 1904, Van Beneden and Gervais 1868 and Van Beneden and Gervais 1880

Sister taxon: Adicetus latus

Type specimen: A1, a skull. Its type locality is Adiça, which is in a Tortonian marine limestone/sandstone in Portugal.

Distribution: found only at Adiça

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