Hoplocetus curvidens Gervais 1852 (toothed whale)

Mammalia - Cetacea

Full reference: P. Gervais. 1852. Zoologie et Paléontologie Françaises (Animaux Vertébrés) ou Nouvelles Recherches sur les Animaux Vivants et Fossiles de la France. 1–3:1-274+

Belongs to Hoplocetus according to O. Hampe 2006

See also Abel 1905, Joleaud 1906, Lydekker 1887, Lydekker 1887, Newton 1891, Paquier 1894, Trouessart 1898 and Van Beneden and Gervais 1880

Sister taxa: Hoplocetus borgerhoutensis, Hoplocetus crassidens, Hoplocetus obesus, Hoplocetus ritzi

Type specimen: no number, a tooth. Its type locality is Montpellier, which is in a Zanclean marine sandstone in the Sables à Gryphaea virleti Formation of France.

Ecology: aquatic carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of the United Kingdom (1 collection)

• Pliocene of France (1)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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